Insane

These sentiments from Andrew Sullivan need to be repeated, continuously, until these ideas are officially repudiated by the Supreme Court of the United States - preferably on the Appeal of Yoo's conviction for war crimes.

"Yoo's belief that the president has permanent super-powers in wartime and that wartime can be a permanent condition against a concept such as "terror" are not legitimate let alone "legal" views. They are insane. They render the United States an elected fascist dictatorship, where the law is what the president says it is and he has the power to torture evidence out of suspects to prove whatever case he wants. The idea that this is what the Founders of this country wanted when they allowed for an energetic executive in times of emergency to act with dispatch - as in shooting three Somali pirates - is such an over-reach it boggles the mind that any reasonable person can begin to contemplate it."

Joe H.