The Obama Administration has decided to press on with the Justice Department's defense of a civil lawsuit brought against John Yoo, a former department lawyer attorney whose controversial legal opinions have been roundly criticized by many members of Obama's legal team.
At a court hearing Friday morning in San Francisco, government lawyers said that despite the change in administration, there has been no change in Yoo's government-run legal defense against a suit brought by Jose Padilla, an American citizen who spent more than three years in a Navy brig after being designated as an enemy combatant.However, in what would be a highly ill-advised legal move, a London Telegraph writer claims that Obama is considering granting the International Criminal Court jurisdiction over U.S. military personnel and government officials.
Incidentally, the British media are doing a much better job than their American counterparts in reporting about the unprecedented number of Obama nominees who have fallen by the wayside. And another one bites the dust.
