Justice Department attorney David Margolis rejected the recommendations of the investigation into the actions of two Bush-era lawyers claiming that the infamous ‘torture memo’ simply constituted ‘poor judgment.’ But John Yoo’s arguments are eerily reminiscent of the Nuremberg Defense and both men still face the judgment of international law and history.
Bruce Ledewitz
Bruce Ledewitz, Professor of Law at Duquesne University School of Law in Pittsburgh, is a recognized expert in the fields of criminal law and constitutional law and he has written widely in both specialized legal journals and national media such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Chicago Tribune. His books include Hallowed Secularism: Theory, Belief, Practice (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), and his latest is Church, State, and the Crisis in American Secularism from Indiana University Press.
