Podcast appearances and mentions of John Yoo

On June 7, President Trump asserted control over California's National Guard. In this episode, Professor Michael Ramsey of the University of San Diego School of Law and Liza Goitein of the Brennan Center join Jeffrey Rosen to explore the meaning of 10 U.S.C. 12406 and unpack California Governor Gavin Newsom's lawsuit challenging the legality of President Trump's actions.    Resources Michael Ramsey, “John Yoo on Presidential Authority to Use the National Guard,” The Originalism Blog (June 13, 2025)  Elizabeth Goitein, “Unpacking Trump's Order Authorizing Domestic Deployment of the Military,” The Brennan Center (June 10, 2025)  Elizabeth Goitein, “Preventing Use of National Guard to Evade Posse Comitatus Act,” Center for a New American Security (May 20, 2025) Newsom v. Trump, Northern District of California (June 12, 2025) Martin v. Mott (1827) Stay Connected and Learn More Questions or comments about the show? Email us at ⁠⁠⁠podcast@constitutioncenter.org⁠⁠⁠ Continue the conversation by following us on social media @ConstitutionCtr. ⁠⁠⁠Sign up⁠⁠⁠ to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate. Follow, rate, and review wherever you listen. Join us for an upcoming ⁠⁠⁠live program⁠⁠⁠ or watch recordings on ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠. Support our important work. ⁠⁠⁠Donate

What do Charles Barkley, the National Guard, and the Posse Comitatus Act have in common? In this episode, of Law Talk with Epstein & Yoo, Professors Richard Epstein and John Yoo, joined by Charles C.W. Cooke, dive into the legal chaos surrounding the use of federal troops during civil unrest, whether Gavin Newsom could be overruled by the president, and what exactly the Constitution says about militias, insurrections, and executive power. They also weigh in on birthright citizenship, Supreme Court politics, and a game of HORSE on the Supreme Court basketball court (yes, it has one).

What do Charles Barkley, the National Guard, and the Posse Comitatus Act have in common? In this episode, of Law Talk with Epstein & Yoo, Professors Richard Epstein and John Yoo, joined by Charles C.W. Cooke, dive into the legal chaos surrounding the use of federal troops during civil unrest, whether Gavin Newsom could be […]

What do Charles Barkley, the National Guard, and the Posse Comitatus Act have in common? In this episode, of Law Talk with Epstein & Yoo, Professors Richard Epstein and John Yoo, joined by Charles C.W. Cooke, dive into the legal chaos surrounding the use of federal troops during civil unrest, whether Gavin Newsom could be overruled by the president, and what exactly the Constitution says about militias, insurrections, and executive power. They also weigh in on birthright citizenship, Supreme Court politics, and a game of HORSE on the Supreme Court basketball court (yes, it has one).

GOOD EVENING: The show begins in LA, where Colleague John Yoo comments that POTUS has law and SCOTUS authority for deploying National Guard and Marines and more. 1863 DRAFT RIOT NYC CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15 LA: POTUS and SCOTUS determinative authority. John Yoo, Civitas Institute. 9:15-9:30 SCOTUS: And the ABA. John Yoo, Civitas Institute. 9:30-9:45 Turkey: Erdogan's Syria project. Sinan Ciddi, FDD. 9:45-10:00 Turkey: The Kremlin model. SECOND HOUR 10:00-10:15 Iran: Suspect nuclear weapons program. Andrea Stricker, FDD. 10:15-10:30 Iran: Suspect nuclear weapons program. Andrea Stricker, FDD. 10:30-10:45 Africa: ISIS in Uganda and Congo. Caleb Weiss, Bill Roggio, FDD. 10:45-11:00 Africa: ISIS in Uganda and Congo. Caleb Weiss, Bill Roggio, FDD. THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15 PRC: Needs a trade deal. Andrew Collier, @gordongchang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill. 11:15-11:30 USAF: What about drone attacks? General Blaine Holt USAF (Ret.), @gordongchang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill. 11:30-11:45 CCP: Xi Jinping in eclipse. Charles Burton, @gordongchang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill. 11:45-12:00 Biowar: Smugglers from the PRC. Brandon Weichert, @gordongchang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill. FOURTH HOUR 12:00-12:15 #France: Plum tree ripens. Simon Constable, Occitanie. 12:15-12:30 POTUS: Hoover signed Smoot-Hawley June 1930. 12:30-12:45 POTUS: Space regulations arrive. Bob Zimmerman behindtheblack.com. 12:45-1:00 AM Big Astronomy: Colliding galaxy clusters. Bob Zimmerman behindtheblack.com.

LA: POTUS AND SCOTUS DETERMINATIVE AUTHORITY. JOHN YOO, CIVITAS INSTITUTE. 2863 DRSFT RIOT NYC

SCOTUS: AND THE ABA.JOHN YOO, CIVITAS INSTITUTE. 1889 SCOTUS

PREVIEW: Professor John Yoo of Berkeley Law and UT Austin comments on the legal authority and the SCOTUS precedent for POTUS directing National Guard and US Marines to scenes of unrest. More later. JULY 1863 DRAFT RUIT NYC

With two of the three bartenders hanging around near or above the arctic circle this week, this is an official Northern Exposure episode of 3WHH, with Lucretia, instead of channeling her usual Barry Corbin disposition, actually has some nice things to say about many of her usual targets, including KJP, Dread Coward Roberts, and even Ka-tan-ji! Something in the Alaska air must be affecting her!John Yoo offers his usual expert opinions (not meant sarcastically) about the entirely unexpected trifecta at the Supreme Court this week, which we all agree augurs something important not only for the big cases remaining this term, but also for the judicial epoch in which we current find ourselves. We also quickly dispatch with the Trump-Musk breakup, and briefly introduce a new segment, "What's Wrong with John Yoo?", since he insulted both Steve and Lucretia several weeks ago by referring to both as "political theorists." Them's is fightin' words; he might as well have called them Anglophiles or something worse.Finally, AI outdid itself this week, and an Norse-style epic poem that amazing described your three whisky bartenders with surprising accuracy:First came the Bold One, with thunderous laugh,Whose tongue split the silence like Odin's own staff.He spoke of Islay, of smoke and peat's sting,A connoisseur forged in the cask of a king.Then came the Wise One, in cloak of soft tone,With tasting notes ancient as Midgard's old stone.She sipped and she pondered, then spake with deep grace:“This dram bears the oak and the wind from some place.”The third was the Trickster, sharp-witted and sly,Who'd jest at the gods as the crows passed him by.With metaphors wild and a glint in his eye,He'd toast to Valhalla, then laugh till he cried.

2/2: TARIFFS; WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE CIT DECISION THAT LIBERATION DAY IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL? JOHN YOO, CIVITAS INSTITUTE SCOTUS 1876 

Good evening: The show begins in Istanbul where Ukraine and Russia exchange profoundly mutually unacceptable memos of their war aims. 1945 BERLIN CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9:15-9:30 1/2: Ukraine: Unviable memorandums. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute. 9:30-9:45 2/2: Ukraine: Unviable memorandums. Anatol Lieven. 9:45-10:00 1/2: Tariffs; What's wrong with the CIT decision that Liberation Day is unconstitutional? John Yoo, Civitas Institute. 10:00 2/2: Tariffs; What's wrong with the CIT decision that Liberation Day is unconstitutional? John Yoo, Civitas Institute. SECOND HOUR 10:00-10:15 Israel: Gaza aid. Malcolm Hoenlein @conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1. Ambassador Yechiel Leiter. 10:15-10:30 Iran: Trump administration jaw jaw. David Albright, Malcolm Hoenlein @conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1. 10:30-10:45 Antisemitism: Ananda and Australia campus tragedy. Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel. Malcolm Hoenlein @conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1. 10:45-11:00 Iran: The head of the snake. Jonathan Ruhe, JINSA. Malcolm Hoenlein @conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1. THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15 #NewWorldReport: Mexico under Morena. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #newworldreportellis 11:15-11:30 #NewWorldReport: Peru troubles. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #newworldreportellis 11:30-11:45 #NewWorldReport: Bukele of El Salvador. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #newworldreportellis 11:45-12:00 Suriname: The good news. #NewWorldReport: Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #newworldreportellis FOURTH HOUR 12:00-12:15 AI: Reducing headcount. #ScalaReport: Chris Riegel CEO, Scala.com @stratacache. 12:15-12:30 Mexico: Return of PRI as Morena. Mary Anastasia O'Grady, WSJ. 12:30-12:45 1/2: #Hotel Mars: Casey Dreier, Planetary Society. David Livingston: NASA in retreat from JPL. 12:45-1:00 AM 2/2: #Hotel Mars: Casey Dreier, Planetary Society. David Livingston: NASA in retreat from JPL.

1/2: TARIFFS; WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE CIT DECISION THAT LIBERATION DAY IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL? JOHN YOO, CIVITAS INSTITUTE 1905 SCOTUS 

PREVIEW: Colleague John Yoo of UT and Berkeley Law analyzes the Court of International Trade ruling as illegal of the Trump admin tariff declarations. More later. 1888 SCOTUS

1 - Will Trump win the J6 SCOTUS cases? John Yoo doesn't think so, and Trump should realize he himself is barely out of prison himself. Has Trump made the right appointees to the courts? 105 - Is the removal of Tesla chargers in Jersey a sign of state corruption? A story on the Tesla protestors. 110 - More on raw milk. 115 - Your calls. 135 - Who is the worst generation, Millennials or Gen-z? Dan and Henry go back and forth as Dom makes a point about Zach Wheeler and his paternity leave. 155 - Wrapping the hour.

12 - Bryce Harper is trying to elongate his career for as much as he can. What's one of his secrets? Raw milk! But how can he get it in bureaucratic New Jersey? 1205 - There's a new wrinkle in the New Jersey gubernatorial race. The teachers are backing a different candidate from the favorites? 1215 - Legendary journalist Bill O'Reilly joins the program to give us a recap of his trip to China. They confiscated Bill's pens in customs? What did China want to know about the “New Donald Trump”? Did Bill speak to Trump while overseas? How bad are the human rights violations in China? The Chinese really prefer dealing with Trump over Biden? Are the Chinese considering military action? Bill has high hopes for his recent college graduate son! What was it like seeing the highest ranking Chinese leaders? 1230 - Side - king/queen of hair 1240 - Politics are like sports. 1245 - Chief Economist, and Richard Aster Fellow, in The Heritage Foundation's Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget Dr. EJ Antoni joins us today. What is the current economic outlook with the Big Beautiful Bill on the table? Are Senators like Rand Paul correct in opposing the spending in the bill? Why are politicians scared to stand up to Medicaid cuts to able bodied men who don't work? How often is EJ looking at his 401k? 1 - Will Trump win the J6 SCOTUS cases? John Yoo doesn't think so, and Trump should realize he himself is barely out of prison himself. Has Trump made the right appointees to the courts? 105 - Is the removal of Tesla chargers in Jersey a sign of state corruption? A story on the Tesla protestors. 110 - More on raw milk. 115 - Your calls. 135 - Who is the worst generation, Millennials or Gen-z? Dan and Henry go back and forth as Dom makes a point about Zach Wheeler and his paternity leave. 155 - Wrapping the hour. 2 - ICE has arrested the Boulder, CO attacker's family. What precedent does this set for deportation going forward? Is there any surprise that fentanyl incidents are down? 215 - Dom's Money Melody! 220 - More on the man who attacked peaceful protestors and the subsequent actions that affect his family. 225 - Why are ICE agents now wearing masks? 230 - Karoline Leavitt goes after the Washington Post. 235 - Returning to the NJEA's giant donation to Sean Spiller. Is Josh Shapiro beatable in PA? 250 - The Lightning Round!

Paul Gigot talks to law professor John Yoo about Donald Trump's attack on the Federalist Society and Leonard Leo, what's motivating the President, and what it means for the President's second-term judicial nominations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Legal heavyweight John Yoo joins Michael in studio to unpack everything from Trump's war rhetoric and potential suspension of habeas corpus to immigration law, presidential overreach, and Harvard's political battles. From rejecting a White House job offer to defending the Constitution—this episode goes deep on law, politics, and power. A legal scholar and former government official in the administration of President George H.W. Bush, Yoo is the Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley.Original air date 2 June 2025.

John Yoo hosts this week where there is so much free trade in ideas that you'd need a 1,000% tariff to slow it down. Which the U.S. Court of Intenational Trade attempted to do for about six hours, during which time the 3WHH panel chews up the ruling and spits it out like a bad […]

John Yoo hosts this week where there is so much free trade in ideas that you'd need a 1,000% tariff to slow it down. Which the U.S. Court of Intenational Trade attempted to do for about six hours, during which time the 3WHH panel chews up the ruling and spits it out like a bad piece of Icelandic cod. (Which happens to be where Steve, now dubbed as the "International Man of No-Mystery" happens to be at the moment, which is why this episode comes with more than the usual amount of viking jokes and Norse epic poetry.) Anyway, the gang predicts this issue is likely to be another win for Trump when the dust settles.But first the gang also ponders whether Trump is overdoing it with his attack on Harvard. Is it possible to overdo the attack on Harvard? You'll have to give a listen to this ad-free episode to find out.

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2/2: POTUS: LINCOLN, HABEAS CORPUS, TRUMP. JOHN YOO. 1865 LINCOLN ASSASSINATION TRIAL

1/2: POTUS: LINCOLN, HABEAS CORPUS, TRUMP. JOHN YOO. 1861 FIRST INAUGURAL

Good evening: The show begins in Vegas at the WrestleMania extravagance in the NFL stadium... 1956 VEGAS CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor First Hour 9:00-9:15: #PACIFICWATCH: #VEGASREPORT: WRESTLEMANIA AND TOP GUN. @JCBLISS 9:15-9:30: #QUANTUM: "DATA MANIPULATIONS" SUSPECT. BRANDON WEICHERT, NATIONAL INTEREST. 9:30-9:45: #SMALLBUSINESSAMERICA: SLOWING HOUSING. @GENEMARKS @GUARDIAN @PHILLYINQUIRER 9:45-10:00: #SMALLBUSINESSAMERICA: REHIRING PEOPLE AFTER AI. @GENEMARKS @GUARDIAN @PHILLYINQUIRER Second Hour 10:00-10:15: #GOLDEN DOME: WHAT IS IT? HENRY SOKOLSKI, NPEC. 10:15-10:30: EUROPE: ON YOUR OWN. BLAINE HOLT, USAF (RET). 10:30-10:45: SCOTUS: TIED ON FAITH CHARTERS. RICHARD EPSTEIN, CIVITAS 10:45-11:00: #HARVARD: VS HOMELAND. RICHARD EPSTEIN, CIVITAS Third Hour 11:00-11:15: #NEWWORLDREPORT: MEXICO CARTELS. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS 11:15-11:30: #NEWWORLDREPORT: BRAZIL IN BEIJING. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS 11:30-11:45: #NEWWORLDREPORT: VENEZUELA, ARGENTINA. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS 11:45-12:00: #NEWWORLDREPORT: BOLIVIA. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS Fourth Hour 12:00-12:15 (1/2): POTUS: LINCOLN, HABEAS CORPUS, TRUMP. JOHN YOO. 12:15-12:30 (2/2): POTUS: LINCOLN, HABEAS CORPUS, TRUMP. JOHN YOO. 12:30-12:45: SPACEX: LAUNCH DATE, BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM 12:45-1:00 AM: MARS: GALE CRATER RIM, BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM

Lucretia hosts this week's episode, and puts Steve and John through their paces, challenging both to judge Trump's winning streak (John isn't so sure), plus more mixed signals from the Supreme Court, which posted a 2 – 1 record this week. The group also ponders whether and how Congress should now step up on the […]

Preview Colleague Professor John Yoo explains how President Lincoln presented his decision to ignore the court presumption that he could not suspend habeas corpus without Congress approving. More later. 1865 SECOND INAUGURAL

Lucretia hosts this week's episode, and puts Steve and John through their paces, challenging both to judge Trump's winning streak (John isn't so sure), plus more mixed signals from the Supreme Court, which posted a 2 - 1 record this week. The group also ponders whether and how Congress should now step up on the Biden health cover up scandal, and notice that Congress indeed has explicit constitutional power under the 25th Amendment to pass legislation to make sure that something lilke the Biden coverup never happens again.But then we get to the main event: John Yoo's Top Five Legal Rules that everyone should know. Steve is threatening to next week to give his Top Five reasons why a Certain Statute That Cannot Be Uttered here is the key to everything!And we are happy to report that John survived another turn on "Outnumbered" on Fox News.

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-- On the Show: — Joe Biden diagnosed with aggressive metastatic prostate cancer, MAGA immediately floods the internet with conspiracy theories — Audio from Biden's deposition leaks, right-wing media erupts with claims of dementia based on five selective minutes — Trump delivers rambling, incoherent speech in Qatar about drones, trees, groceries, and imaginary lumberjack tournaments — Conservative lawyer John Yoo says Trump's plan to suspend habeas corpus would be stronger grounds for impeachment than either of the first two — Mike Pence criticizes Trump's tariffs, gifts from Qatar, and violations of the Emoluments Clause — Trump lashes out at Bruce Springsteen for criticizing him abroad and suggests there could be consequences when he returns — Trump stumbles through a Fox News interview, calls nuclear weapons “the N-word,” brags about oil quality, and defends accepting a $400 million jet — Trump spirals on Truth Social with posts about the Autopen, Walmart, and rigged elections -- On the Bonus Show: Mexican ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge, Trump DOJ considers making it easier to indict members of Congress, more than 2,000 Starbucks baristas strike over new dress code, much more...

One of Lucretia's favorite epithets is "that's the dumbest idea," so we decided to put her on the spot and demand a list of "Lucretia's Top Five Dumbest Ideas" for this episode, but not before a thorough dissection of the issues involved with Thursday's Supreme Court oral argument about the conjunction of birthright citizenship and the plague of nationwide injunctions against executive branch actions by a single judge out in the hinterlands somewhere. You can tell the New York Times is worried, because they ran a major feature on Thursday about how the thesis that birthright citizenship might not have a solid foundation in the 14th Amendment is a "fringe theory." And yet here we are. Listen in for a reference to how this Supreme Court issue resembles the rebel alliance against the Evil Empire in Star Wars.Next week: John Yoo's five axioms of Supreme Court jurisprudence. One of them involves a certains statute that cannot be named on this podcast.

Preview: Colleague John Yoo of Civitas assesses how Chief Justice John Roberts and SCOTUS will render the TRO nationwide and related birthright citizenship questions tomorrow. More later. 1890 SCOTUS. CHIEF JUSTICE HORACE GRAY

1/2: #SCOTUS: ORIGINALIST RE BIRTHRIGHT. JOHN YOO, CIVITAS INSTITUTE 1911

2/2: #SCOTUS: ORIGINALIST RE BIRTHRIGHT. JOHN YOO, CIVITAS INSTITUTE 1910

Good evening: The show begins in Istanbul, waiting for peace talks... 1855 CRIMEAN WAR CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15 #Ukraine: Ceasefires Galore. Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (Retired) @McCauslJ @CBSNews @DickinsonCol 9:15-9:30 #Ukraine: Houthis Endure. Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (Retired) @McCauslJ @CBSNews @DickinsonCol 9:30-9:45 1/2: #SCOTUS: Originalist Re Birthright. John Yoo, Civitas Institute 9:45-10:00 2/2: #SCOTUS: Originalist Re Birthright. John Yoo, Civitas Institute SECOND HOUR 10:00-10:15 #Kashmir: Nukes in the Battle. Rick Fisher, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 10:15-10:30 #POTUS: Syria in from the Cold? Rebecca Grant, Lexington Institute. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 10:30-10:45 #Canada: Carney's Cabinet. Charles Burton, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 10:45-11:00 #Moon: China and Roscosmos. Brandon Weichert, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15 #France: Under the Horse Chestnut Tree. Simon Constable, Occitanie 11:15-11:30 #Net Zero: Denmark, Sweden and Norway Alarmed by Spain Portugal Blackout. Simon Constable, Occitanie 11:30-11:45#SpaceX: 28 Times Falcon 9. Bob Zimmerman, BehindTheBlack.com 11:45-12:00 #Mars: Thermal Image by Europe Clipper Passing By. Bob Zimmerman, BehindTheBlack.com FOURTH HOUR 12:00-12:15 #Russia: Playing with Oil. Michael Bernstam, Hoover 12:15-12:30 #Russia: Targeting or Enlisting Musk? Craig Unger, author "Den of Spies" 12:30-12:45 1/2: #SCOTUS: TRO Birthright Citizenship. Richard Epstein, Civitas Institute 12:45-1:00 AM 2/2: #SCOTUS: TRO Birthright Citizenship. Richard Epstein, Civitas Institute

Law Talk returns and in this excursion,  Charles C.W. Cooke, Richard Epstein, and John Yoo tackle a grab bag of constitutional issues with their usual mix of legal scholarship and exasperation (typically with each other). First up: the state of Maine, apparently auditioning for a role in a dystopian novel, bans a legislator from speaking because her views on gender in sports offend the ruling party. Epstein and Yoo are, unsurprisingly, not impressed. Then it's on to Trump's latest target—Harvard—where he wants to yank their tax-exempt status for what he sees as race-based admissions sins. Yoo says, “Hey, Bob Jones University got smacked for less,” while Epstein warns that burning down universities to own the libs might be a bit much. Things get even spicier with the arrest of a Wisconsin judge who allegedly helped an illegal immigrant sneak out the back door—Yoo and Epstein agree it's legally justified, but question whether perp-walking a judge was really necessary. Finally, the gang ponders whether chatbots have First Amendment rights, with the consensus being: no, and let's hope the robots don't hear us say that.

Law Talk returns and in this excursion,  Charles C.W. Cooke, Richard Epstein, and John Yoo tackle a grab bag of constitutional issues with their usual mix of legal scholarship and exasperation (typically with each other). First up: the state of Maine, apparently auditioning for a role in a dystopian novel, bans a legislator from speaking because […]

Law Talk returns and in this excursion,  Charles C. W. Cooke, Richard Epstein, and John Yoo tackle a grab bag of constitutional issues with their usual mix of legal scholarship and exasperation (typically with each other). First up: the state of Maine, apparently auditioning for a role in a dystopian novel, bans a legislator from speaking […]

Law Talk returns and in this excursion,  Charles C.W. Cooke, Richard Epstein, and John Yoo tackle a grab bag of constitutional issues with their usual mix of legal scholarship and exasperation (typically with each other). First up: the state of Maine, apparently auditioning for a role in a dystopian novel, bans a legislator from speaking because […]

Law Talk returns and in this excursion,  Charles C.W. Cooke, Richard Epstein, and John Yoo tackle a grab bag of constitutional issues with their usual mix of legal scholarship and exasperation (typically with each other). First up: the state of Maine, apparently auditioning for a role in a dystopian novel, bans a legislator from speaking because her views on gender in sports offend the ruling party. Epstein and Yoo are, unsurprisingly, not impressed. Then it's on to Trump's latest target—Harvard—where he wants to yank their tax-exempt status for what he sees as race-based admissions sins. Yoo says, “Hey, Bob Jones University got smacked for less,” while Epstein warns that burning down universities to own the libs might be a bit much. Things get even spicier with the arrest of a Wisconsin judge who allegedly helped an illegal immigrant sneak out the back door—Yoo and Epstein agree it's legally justified, but question whether perp-walking a judge was really necessary. Finally, the gang ponders whether chatbots have First Amendment rights, with the consensus being: no, and let's hope the robots don't hear us say that.

Lucretia hosts this week as the Three Musketeers are back together again (and to mark John’s return, we procured his favorite toothpaste for him!), taking on Trump at the 100 Day mark, the latest in lawfare, the dismal Canadian election, whose solution John Yoo suggests is straight up imperial conquest—why make Canada the 51st state […]

Lucretia hosts this week as the Three Musketeers are back together again (and to mark John’s return, we procured his favorite toothpaste for him!), taking on Trump at the 100 Day mark, the latest in lawfare, the dismal Canadian election, whose solution John Yoo suggests is straight up imperial conquest—why make Canada the 51st state […]

Lucretia hosts this week as the Three Musketeers are back together again (and to mark John's return, we procured his favorite toothpaste for him!), taking on Trump at the 100 Day mark, the latest in lawfare, the dismal Canadian election, whose solution John Yoo suggests is straight up imperial conquest—why make Canada the 51st state […]

Lucretia hosts this week as the Three Musketeers are back together again, taking on Trump at the 100 Day mark, the latest in lawfare, the dismal Canadian election, whose solution John Yoo suggests is straight up imperial conquest—why make Canada the 51st state when we can make it a territory to be exploited like Puerto Rico and Greenland? We're so back that Lucretia even revives some good old fashioned lookism in this episode!We close with a few thoughts on the passing of David Horowitz, whose central lesson has still not penetrated the Vichycons who don't understand the metaphysical meaning of Trump.Exit music this week from our pal Steve Tootle o Cosigner, who is a faithful listener to this show.

The U.S. has sent people it has detained — people it calls terrorists — to a prison overseas — indefinitely.This is true in 2025, after the Trump administration deported at least 261 foreign nationals to a maximum security prison in El Salvador.And it was also true two decades ago, following the attacks of Sept. 11, after the U.S. government began to house captured Taliban and al-Qaida fighters in the military prison at the U.S. Naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.During the George W. Bush administration, John Yoo wrote the legal justification for the treatment of Guantanamo detainees, now widely referred to as "the torture memos."Yoo argues that there are key legal differences between what the Bush administration did – and what the Trump administration is attempting in El Salvador.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

POTUS: LESSONS LEARNED GW BUSH, JOHN YOO, CIVITAS INSTITUTE 1937 MARYLAND

SCOTUS; AND POTUS: JOHN YOO, CIVITAS INSTITUTE 1937 FDR AND THE RED CROSS GIRL

Friday was cap and gown day for Steve at Pepperdine’s commencement for the School of Public Policy class of 2025, while John Yoo is on the road somewhere at an undisclosed location, so Steve and Lucretia kick around a couple of seemingly unrelated stories about the Amish (the ultimate opt-out community) and the latest Supreme […]

Friday was cap and gown day for Steve at Pepperdine's commencement for the School of Public Policy class of 2025, while John Yoo is on the road somewhere at an undisclosed location, so Steve and Lucretia kick around a couple of seemingly unrelated stories about the Amish (the ultimate opt-out community) and the latest Supreme Court argument involving human nature and the right of parents to opt-out from public school nihilism.And then as a chang of pace we offer Steve's recent conversation with energy journalist extraordinaire Robert Bryce (whose Substack is very much worth following). Bryce always has a way of explaining the often eyes-glaze-over numbers of the energy world, but in this interview extending himself into a one-man DOGE, revealing who is the number-one leftist advocacy group fattening at the federal funding trough. 

America may have as many as 20 million illegal immigrants. Getting them back home is crucial, but right now Trump's deportations are only on pace for about a million people after four years. John Yoo explains what the holdup is and how it could get back on track. Former Trump communications director Tim Murtaugh explains the "Biden Pill Penalty" and how the administration can unlock greater innovation in American medicine. Become a member at members.charliekirk.com! Get new merch at charliekirkstore.com!Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Donald Trump keeps testing the limits of his executive authority, and courts have been pushing back. Is a constitutional crisis on the horizon? On this episode of Potomac Watch, law professor John Yoo speaks to Paul Gigot about what could be a looming clash between the President and the Supreme Court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2/2: SCOTUS: VENEZUELA DEPORTATIONS. JOHN YOO, CIVITAS INSTITUTE1890 SCOTUS