Good tie-in with Yoo's legal reasoning, which created a foundation for Bush-Cheney's power grabs,
and how it measures up to Trump's overreaches. In a nutshell, Yoo disagrees with Trump.
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In fact, Yoo wrote an op-ed in the New York Times on Monday expressing “grave concerns about Mr. Trump’s use of executive power.” He suggests that the travel ban was ill-conceived, the order for a border wall exceeds presidential authority, the slapping of tariffs on Mexican goods is unconstitutional and the ad hominem attacks against former acting attorney general Sally Yates “suggest a misconception of the president’s authority of removal.” When John Yoo has grave concerns about the use of executive power, you know something very bad is happening.
Unfortunately, while Trump may not know or care about the legal precedents behind his actions, his lawyers surely do, and you can be sure they’ll be citing Yoo’s work on the unitary executive theory. No one could have predicted that Trump, of all people, would become president a few years hence, but that’s exactly why the cumbersome checks and balances were put in place to begin with. You just never know who’s going to land in that office, or how he will want to use that power once it’s unleashed. If Donald Trump gets away with this power grab, John Yoo will have only himself to blame.
http://www.salon.com/2017/02/07/george-w-bushs-torture-lawyer-turns-on-trump-but-it-may-be-too-late/?source=newsletter