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Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online 10/11/2011 In reading about Democratic and liberal uneasiness with Obama, one theme seems constant. There is a sort of repressed anger that Obama has somehow embarrassed many of his supporters, as if their ecstasy of 2008 now seems almost adolescent. The shaming, I think, focuses on two issues. […] October 12th, 2011 | Tags: Anwar al-Awlaki, class warfare, crony capitalism, Harold Koh, Wall Street, War on Terror | Category: Barack Obama, Politics | Comments are closed
Terresa Monroe-Hamilton NoisyRoom via New Zeal Blog 7/3/2011 Welcome to a whole string of kinetic military actions employed through the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine of the Obama Administration. You know, where aerial bombing of a country is no longer considered an act of war. It’s humanitarian don’tcha know… And Congress is now totally useless in […] July 15th, 2011 | Tags: "Responsibility to Protect Doctrine", aerial bombing, AFRICOM, Harold Koh, Libya, NATO, Somalia, Syria, War Powers Resolution of 1973, Yemen | Category: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Congress, Iraq, Israel, Military, Pakistan, State Department, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Gene Healy Washington Examiner 6/20/2011 “No more ignoring the law when it’s inconvenient,” then-Sen. Barack Obama proclaimed on the campaign trail; as president, he’d show the world “that the law is not subject to the whims of stubborn rulers.” So, last week must have been tough on the half-dozen or so liberals still naive enough […] June 21st, 2011 | Tags: Harold Koh, Libya, War Powers Resolution of 1973 | Category: Barack Obama, corruption, Department of Defense, Military, Politicians, Progressives | Comments are closed
LIBYA BOMBSHELL: Obama Overruled Two Top Lawyers, Who Told Him War Must Be Terminated Joe Weisenthal Business Insider 6/17/2011 This week several members of Congress challenged Obama on the legality of the Libya war, given that actions have exceeded the 90 day period during which The White House doesn’t need Congressional authority for military […] June 17th, 2011 | Tags: Attorney General Eric Holder, Caroline D. Krass, Harold Koh, international law, Jeh C. Johnson, Libya, Pentagon, Robert Bauer, War Powers Resolution of 1973 | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Department of Justice, State Department, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Joe Carter First Thoughts 4/15/2010 Last week, Ryan, Micah, and I discussed the legal and moral implications of targeting Anwar Al-Awlaki, a terrorist who happens to be a U.S. born citizen. Since then Adam Serwer has pointed out a speech that may shed some light on the issue. In a recent lecture to the American […] April 18th, 2010 | Tags: al-Qaida, assassination, Harold Koh, international law, lethal force | Category: Barack Obama, State Department, terrorism, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Tim Graham NewsBusters.org 4/3/2010 They were in mourning at Pacifica Radio on Thursday when radical Obama administration official Harold Koh failed to live up to his Bush-trashing writing during the last administration. He defended the legality of U.S. drone attacks on suspected terrorist locations. This dismayed Democracy Now host Amy Goodman: AMY GOODMAN: Robert Mackey […] April 6th, 2010 | Tags: "axis of disobedience", George W. Bush, Harold Koh, international law, transnationalism | Category: Barack Obama, SCOTUS, terrorism | Comments are closed
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