Post by Portiaami on Jun 22, 2020 19:46:59 GMT
Trump doubter now says prez governs like 'constitutional conservative'
Berkeley law prof John Yoo changes tune
www.wnd.com/2020/06/trump-doubter-now-says-governs-like-constitutional-conservative/
Berkeley long has been considered, with reason, a hotbed of liberalism.
Even those on the conservative side of the campus spectrum have been acutely aware of the arguments from the other side.
Like celebrated conservative legal expert John Yoo.
In 2016, for example, he considered Donald Trump a step too far.
"His many personal and professional flaws, including his bankruptcies, sexual scandals, crude and cruel language, repelled me. I saw him as a populist, even a demagogue, who had not prepared for the heavy responsibilities of the presidency," he said in a new book, which was profiled by Paul Bedard in his Washington Secrets column.
Yoo worried, at the time, that Trump would "test, evade, or even violate the Constitution."
How that's changed.
In a new book, Defender in Chief, he bluntly states, "Boy was I wrong. Trump campaigns like a populist but governs like a constitutional conservative."
Bedard explains, "Over the course of 300 pages comparing Trump moves to the wishes of the Founding Fathers, Yoo discovered that despite constant criticism that Trump was destroying the Constitution, he was actually propping it up and using it to defend the presidency."
Bedard obtained an advance copy of the book by All Points Books, which is due out next month.
"Rather than a sword, the Constitution has become Trump’s shield. Even though he had not had any previous government or military office or public policy experience, Trump has defended the constitutional text, structure, and design for an independent, vigorous executive," the professor wrote.
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Berkeley law prof John Yoo changes tune
www.wnd.com/2020/06/trump-doubter-now-says-governs-like-constitutional-conservative/
Berkeley long has been considered, with reason, a hotbed of liberalism.
Even those on the conservative side of the campus spectrum have been acutely aware of the arguments from the other side.
Like celebrated conservative legal expert John Yoo.
In 2016, for example, he considered Donald Trump a step too far.
"His many personal and professional flaws, including his bankruptcies, sexual scandals, crude and cruel language, repelled me. I saw him as a populist, even a demagogue, who had not prepared for the heavy responsibilities of the presidency," he said in a new book, which was profiled by Paul Bedard in his Washington Secrets column.
Yoo worried, at the time, that Trump would "test, evade, or even violate the Constitution."
How that's changed.
In a new book, Defender in Chief, he bluntly states, "Boy was I wrong. Trump campaigns like a populist but governs like a constitutional conservative."
Bedard explains, "Over the course of 300 pages comparing Trump moves to the wishes of the Founding Fathers, Yoo discovered that despite constant criticism that Trump was destroying the Constitution, he was actually propping it up and using it to defend the presidency."
Bedard obtained an advance copy of the book by All Points Books, which is due out next month.
"Rather than a sword, the Constitution has become Trump’s shield. Even though he had not had any previous government or military office or public policy experience, Trump has defended the constitutional text, structure, and design for an independent, vigorous executive," the professor wrote.
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