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John Yoo
American legal scholar and government official (born 1967)
This article is about the American legal scholar. For the Chinese Australian pediatrician, see John Yu.
John Choon Yoo (Korean: 유준; born July 10, 1967)[2] is a South Korean-born American legal scholar and former government official who serves as the Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. Yoo became known for his legal opinions concerning executive power, warrantless wiretapping, and the Geneva Conventions while serving in the George W. Bush administration, during which he was the author of the controversial "Torture Memos" in the War on Terror.
As the deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) of the Department of Justice, Yoo wrote the Torture Memos to determine the legal limits for the torture of detainees following the September 11 attacks. The legal guidance on interrogation authored by Yoo and his successors in the OLC were rescinded by President Barack Obama in 2009.[3][4][5] Some indi
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John Yoo is the Emanuel Heller Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley. He is also a Senior Research Fellow, Civitas Institute, University of Texas at Austin and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He will be a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the School of Civic Leadership, University of Texas at Austin, in Spring 2025.
His most recent book, The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Supreme Court, co-authored with Robert Delahunty, was published in 2023. Professor Yoo’s other books include Defender-in-Chief: Trump’s Fight for Presidential Power;Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules for War, Point of Attack: Preventive War, International Law, and Global Welfare, and Crisis and Command: A History of Executive Power from George Washington to George Bush.
Professor Yoo has published more than 100 articles in academic journals on subjects including national security, constitutional law, international law, and the Supreme Court. He also regularly contributes to the editorial pages of
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Yoo, John C. 1967-
PERSONAL:
Born June 10, 1967, in Seoul, South Korea; emigrated to the United States; married Elsa Arnett. Education:Harvard University, B.A. (summa cum laude), 1989; Yale University, J.D., 1992.
ADDRESSES:
Home—Berkeley, CA. Office—University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, 890 Simon Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720.E-mail—[email protected].
CAREER:
Worked as newspaper journalist during early career; Judge Laurence J. Silberman, U.S. Court of Appeals, Washington, DC, former clerk; University of California, Berkeley, CA, acting professor of law, 1993-99, professor of law, 1999—, director of advanced law program, 2004—; clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, 1994-95; U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, general counsel, 1995-96; U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel, deputy assistant attorney general, 2001-03. Visiting professor, Free University, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1998, and University of Chicago law school, 2003. Member of advisory committee, Standing Committee on Law and National Security, and of Schol
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