tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post5484097138540862745..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: Knock, Knock. Who's There? Yoo. Yoo Hoo?AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-74272812365539131062009-07-18T15:56:07.981-04:002009-07-18T15:56:07.981-04:00MikeKriskey: That's a very fair question. Th...MikeKriskey: That's a very fair question. There are actually two legal strictures relating to Holder and his former firms. Conflict of interest is one, the other is incompatiblity of office. The latter is probably the more significant of the two, but either way Holder's involvement is sleazy. The actual problem is that the larger the firm, the more the attorney can claim he is not directly involved in the conflict or the incompatibility. Hillary pulled the same thing in relation to the Rose Law Firm back during Bill's tenure. "I just worked there, and I had no idea of what they were doing, nor did I have any involvement in the litigation." If Holder or any of his Justice Department deputies are directly involved in the matters before the courts, they should recuse themselves, but the firms themselves are probably on solid ground by staying on the cases. Remember all the fuss the left made during the Bush administration about the "appearance of impropriety?" That seems to have gone down the election rathole with the ascension of the Harvard Law grad.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-43321628366298797532009-07-18T15:27:50.993-04:002009-07-18T15:27:50.993-04:00LawHawk, this is somewhat besides the point, but y...LawHawk, this is somewhat besides the point, but you mentioned possible legal action regarding "enhanced interrogation," so I'll ask this here.<br /><br />I was wondering what, if any, conflict of interest regulations would apply to Holder and the many other Justice Dept. brass whose firms represent detainees and other terrorists.Mike Kriskeyhttp://www.threedonia.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-56223966451749142062009-07-18T15:07:13.147-04:002009-07-18T15:07:13.147-04:00DCAlleykat, let me agree with Lawhawk. We always ...DCAlleykat, let me agree with Lawhawk. We always welcome any kind of input -- comments, thoughts, links etc. Someday we may start a forum, but until then, please feel free to say whatever you like in the articles.<br /><br /><br />Lawhawk, if you start punishing lawyers for giving advice, then you won't get advice, it's that simple. It's already hard enough to get true advice out of lawyers (and accounants) because they're afraid of being sued by the client. No imagine adding the possibility that you will be held responsible for how the client uses your advice? Forget it.<br /><br />But then, that's a long term effect and the left doesn't think long term.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-28801683766274444612009-07-18T15:02:31.997-04:002009-07-18T15:02:31.997-04:00DCAlleyKat: I nearly forgot. Links to related ar...DCAlleyKat: I nearly forgot. Links to related articles are always welcome. The article you cited was highlighted in the Cal Alumni magazine in 2006, and it's what originally got me following the good professor's writings. Thanks for the reminder. Yoo also wrote a recent editorial for the Wall Street Journal, which is what triggered my article. Of course the professor is too much of a professional to raise his own defense, so it was my small way of doing that for him.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-5934068986444366092009-07-18T14:50:19.651-04:002009-07-18T14:50:19.651-04:00DCAlleyKat: Thank you for your high compliment. ...DCAlleyKat: Thank you for your high compliment. Professor Yoo is not exactly a household word, and I was hoping to get everyone to understand his possible plight early on. His fellow professors at Boalt Hall have admirably rallied around him despite the fact that most of them are on the "living Constitution," legislate from the bench side of the legal fence.<br /><br />My noble assistant, Kitty Kelly, thanks you as well.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-44680472836841612952009-07-18T14:40:51.364-04:002009-07-18T14:40:51.364-04:00I found this article authored by none other than J...I found this article authored by none other than John Yoo, and thought I'd post the link here for those interested in doing some further research on the issues Lawhawk brings forth. <br /><br />I hope this is okay.<br />www.heritage.org/Research/PublicDiplomacy/fp4.cfmDCAlleyKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13595521064453455995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-35268558477260277532009-07-18T14:12:56.764-04:002009-07-18T14:12:56.764-04:00Lawhawk, I think this was one of your best!Lawhawk, I think this was one of your best!DCAlleyKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13595521064453455995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-13888750039213966902009-07-18T14:00:09.920-04:002009-07-18T14:00:09.920-04:00Andrew: I'll say one thing. You and I would ...Andrew: I'll say one thing. You and I would become butchers, bakers or candlestick makers, because what we do is give advice that people are expected to rely on. As we both know, in every trial there's a winner and a loser, and if every losing attorney was investigated and disbarred after the trial, the legal community would become very small, very quickly. On the other hand, is that such a bad thing? LOLLawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-85591122169828656682009-07-18T13:50:41.138-04:002009-07-18T13:50:41.138-04:00Tennessee: Stalin came to mind for me as well, al...Tennessee: Stalin came to mind for me as well, although I think the paranoia is evident more among his advisers than with Obama himself. First, go after your enemies. Then, go after your imagined enemies. Then, go after your potential enemies. Finally, go after your friends who might someday become enemies. The Alinsky parallel, though, works perfectly. Make your opponent look foolish, dangerous, or criminal, and you can push your agenda forward to save the world while recruiting the public to help you.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-63883199130373026662009-07-18T13:43:13.503-04:002009-07-18T13:43:13.503-04:00WriterX: In football, the tactic is called "...WriterX: In football, the tactic is called "misdirection." Create a big flurry of apparent activity, get everyone looking in the wrong direction, then do what you're really up to before anyone can stop you. The Obama administration is comprised of masters of misdirection.<br /><br />Bev: Technically, the action was taken on communications, but it was done immediately after 9/11 and Professor Yoo merely confirmed that the action was legal and constitutional, and advised that it could be ongoing. No formal legal memorandum from either administration has yet cited law to demonstrate that Yoo was anything but absolutely correct, which makes any future investigation or trial all politics, no law.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-49974172990804610872009-07-18T13:29:42.885-04:002009-07-18T13:29:42.885-04:00Lawhawk, this is a horrible precedent. But that&#...Lawhawk, this is a horrible precedent. But that's the kind of precedent the left creates isn't it?<br /><br />I'm all for oversight and making sure that no one in the government is breaking the law, but this strikes me as a witch hunt. How do you pursue someone who acts as an advisor and not as a decision maker?<br /><br />What do they think will happen in the future when they call upon their own advisors?AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-81064992987232006462009-07-18T13:11:11.336-04:002009-07-18T13:11:11.336-04:00CrisD: So much of what the Obama administration h...CrisD: So much of what the Obama administration has done comes right after I've said to myself, "no, they wouldn't try that, would they?" But what they are contemplating now is something only banana republics do. Win an election, put your opposition on trial for things that aren't even crimes, become the only party in town. <br /><br />StanH: You are absolutely correct. Jamie Gorelick didn't invent the "wall" between domestic and overseas operations, but she carried it to such an extreme that it became an all-new thing. The wall was sensibly erected by the Truman and Eisenhower administrations with the creation of the CIA to prevent treating American citizens as if they were potential foreign agents. It was never designed to inhibit the various law enforcement and investigation agencies from sharing information necessary to prevent the convergence of foreign enemies and domestic operatives. Yet Gorelick turned a sensible separation of duties into "hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil."LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-34064015894743910782009-07-18T11:57:29.167-04:002009-07-18T11:57:29.167-04:00Hawk, I think this is my favorite post of any of y...Hawk, I think this is my favorite post of any of yours I have read. It reinforces my opinion of how these Chicago thugs will stop at nothing to achieve their objectives. This sounds so Sol Alinsky or Josef Stalin it makes one's head swim. Your piece deserves a larger audience.Tennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604275115906776992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-10250568557028863072009-07-18T09:57:15.351-04:002009-07-18T09:57:15.351-04:00This is wonderful. I want to be clear in my head....This is wonderful. I want to be clear in my head. What you are saying is basically, that the present Administration and Congress are setting precedent of investigating and possibly prosecuting a person who was asked by the former Administration to render an opinion; not for any action taken, at this point, but just for rendering an written opinion.BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-14637330263243743182009-07-18T09:50:44.248-04:002009-07-18T09:50:44.248-04:00I agree with Stan. The more the Left highlights th...I agree with Stan. The more the Left highlights the situtation, the more inept it makes them look and god forbid there's another attack. Yoo deserves a medal of honor.<br /><br />The more the Left cries "investigation" and "hearings" in the media, the more suspicious the public gets. It's like "who's minding the store?" while all this is going on. The only ones who support it are those people on the fringe. I hope.Writer Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16505411188186283813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-40188433950041810812009-07-18T09:14:34.987-04:002009-07-18T09:14:34.987-04:00Great article Lawhawk, and spells out the absurdit...Great article Lawhawk, and spells out the absurdity of the left. I believe it was Jamie Gorelick that put the wall between the CIA and the FBI in the Clinton Admin. Wherein the two agencies could not share information no matter the danger to Americans. I’ve seen Professor Yoo several times in legal debates on TV he doesn’t strike me as an imbecile that makes Constitutional decisions willy-nilly. The man should be an honored hero, not the mark of an insipid leftist witchhunt. But, Barry and his minions must have villains to detract from the obscene power grab of this administration, and I believe that this will get Mr. Cheney out again for their public defense (if I were Barry I would stay away from this, Cheney made him look like the empty suit that he is.) In the long run this to will come around and bite the left, I just hope that it’s not a terrible attack on Americans.StanHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395708786509590321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-14410813554049530082009-07-18T07:40:04.555-04:002009-07-18T07:40:04.555-04:00I can actually FEEL myself getting smarter.
But s...I can actually FEEL myself getting smarter.<br /><br />But seriously, your account dovetails perfectly with my recollections of 9/11 and events proceeding. <br />It make me wonder:<br />Is it possible that the bad guys are in power?CrisDnoreply@blogger.com