War in the middle east. Tonights debate could not be in more timely. Our debaters also could not be better suited to giving us different points of view. Here below we have john yoo on the left. John, stand up. Jen was Deputy Assistant attorney general for the office of Legal Counsel and the bush Justice Department. John wrote a number of key legal memo supporting bushs post9 11 counterterrorist policies. Then bruce, standup bruce was associate Deputy Attorney general under president reagan and also was chief policy adviser to rand paul during the 2012 president ial campaign. And harvey is going to be our moderator. Harvey is currently the dean of the national war college. Harveys last job was director, the Less Government job you worked for the director of national intelligence. So thank you Harvey Rishikoff. [applause] there wasnt a single founder who doubted that going to war with the most important decision a republican made. The war power is the most important are because war is th
President s and congress has followed, that this would lead to a paralysis of our ability to defend ourselves. All of the framers agreed about war and i dont think that is true either like bruce said. I would look at the constitutional text. I have a free copy someone gave me. I expect some place like the committee on the republic we have one. Article 1 says no state shall without the consent of congress engage in war unless actually invaded or in such eminent danger delay isnt allowed. That is the constitutional balance of powers that bruce thinks should apply between the president and congress. All you would have to do is take out the word state and put in the word president. Unless we are invaded or danger of attack. Why couldnt the framers written that if they had intended what bruce said . Instead they wrote provisions that gave some power to congress, some to the president and expected them to fight it out. I want to bring the argument to the contemporary period. I know john was
Years and the same principles apply. Congress is a Political Animal and we are always going to act this way. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. Author of point of attack and author of constitutional peril they debate the war, Foreign Policy, the use Committee Use of drones and the meaning of the constitution. This is about an hour and a half. Welcome, everyone. Tonight the committee for the republic is hosting a debate on war and the constitution with of our country entering another war in the middle east, tonights debate could not be timelier. The debaters could also be bought better suited to give their points of view. Here below we have john yoo. He was Deputy Assistant attorney general for the office of Legal Counsel in the bush Justice Department. John wrote a number of key than those supporting bushs post9 11 counterterrorism policies. And then bruce was the associate general under president S Ronald Reagan and also the chief policy advisor to rand paul
It is in january 2017. Their is a new president in the oval office. It is the first day on the job. You are there to advise the next president as to how to deal with the rise of an entire american non normative liberal bloc of superpowers. Speaks softly and carry a big stick. Ive wanted to just ask, and given their really awful situation that we have in dealing with this very murky sort of war against terrorists, addressing what would seem to be your tough criticisms of Homeland Security and those operations, it is obvious enough that there are domestic threats that need to be dealt with. What does make sense . Profiling. Profiling. That is how the israelis do it. To be perfectly explicit, but the profiles are and how they are to be pursued. Explicit profiling is subject, as it should be commented democratic debate about what the threats are and how they had to be dealt with. What we have now is so necessarily a kind of bill live via a hidden, arbitrary profiling. And you, because of y
Welcome, everyone. Tonight the committee for the e republ republic hosi republic host ing a hosting a debate on the war and it could not be better timing. Here below we have john yoo on the left. John was Deputy Assistant attorney general for the office of Legal Council in the bush Justice Department. John wrote a number of key legal memos supporting bushs post911 Counter Terrorism policies. And bruce was associate Deputy Attorney general under president reagan and also was chief policy advisor to rand paul during the 2012 president ial campaign. And harvey stand up. He is going to be our moderator. He is currently dean of the national war college. Harveys last government job worked for the director of national intelligence. Thank you. [applause] there wasnt a single founder who doubted that going to war was the most important decision the republic could make. The war powers is the most important power was war threatens the republic. Since the executive has more incentive to go to war