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The court made the announcement yesterday. Interested readers may want to consult my “guide to the birthright citizenship debate.” Here’s an excerpt: Prof. Yoo makes what many will regard as…
John Yoo critiques the Wall Street Journal’s assessment of President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was correct to rule against President Trump’s tariffs…
Under English common law, citizenship was determined by where one was born. That principle, which was known as “jus soli” or “law of the soil,” became the norm throughout the…
John Yoo and Robert Delahunty write for the Federalist about the new administration’s adherence to the Constitution. Under the Constitution, “the President is invested with certain important political powers, in…
Victoria Toensing and John Yoo devote a Federalist essay to the case for prosecuting those in the legal system who targeted President Trump during his re-election bid. In his second…
John Yoo and Robert Delahunty write for National Affairs about originalists’ approach toward legal precedents. In the last two years, the Supreme Court achieved two of the goals for which…
John Yoo writes for National Review Online about the latest misguided efforts to discredit Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. There is an old lawyer’s joke: “If the facts are against…
John Yoo and John Shu respond at National Review Online to Peter Wallison’s recent defense of the Donald Trump indictment for his Jan. 6 actions. Wallison’s focus on Trump’s bad…
Horace Cooper writes for Issues and Insights about a book that challenges popular notions about President Trump’s approach to constitutional safeguards. One of the key aspects of the Trump presidency…
In a City Journal article titled “Pushing Back on Cancel Culture,” law professors Robert Delahunty and John Yoo argue that Congress should extend civil rights protections to speech to “limit…
John Yoo recommends at National Review Online that the U.S. Senate should revamp its impeachment rules. Now that the House has launched an impeachment probe of President Donald Trump, the…
John Yoo and James Phillips write at National Review Online that the U.S. Supreme Court might change course on racial preferences. America has a race problem. It has always had…