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Event 

Title:
Protest When Yoo Speaks on Supreme Court
When:
09.12.2012 - 09.12.2012 12.30 - 13.55
Where:
Boalt Hall - Berkeley
Category:
Community Events

Description

This Wednesday, anti-torture activists will confront two of Berkeley Law's most vocal anti-constitutionalists, advocates for expansion of executive power (most notably suppression of habeas corpus rights of abused prisoners) at the expense of the judiciary branch of government:

John Yoo teaching constitutional law to the next generation of lawyers and judges is a perverse mockery of what a law school education

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should be. At best, the professor's opinion of Supreme Court rulings is irrelevant. But deliberate misinterpretation of legal precedent is not only dangerous; it is potentially criminal. Former dean Jesse Choper knowsthis -- or should. And Christopher Edley must stop giving credence to the discredited work of an admitted war criminal.

Venue

Venue:
Boalt Hall
Street:
Bancroft Way at Piedmont Avenue
ZIP:
94720
City:
Berkeley
State:
CA
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