Gee Oh Pee "Brain" Teasers!

John Yoo, a law professor, who has been described by the "liberal" Washington Post as "an engaging and outspoken lifelong conservative who clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas", is also the man who, for the Bush administration “redefined torture, reinterpreted the Constitution and classified as archaic the long-established humanitarian rules of the battlefield” as well as wrote a "memo that said the White House was not bound by a federal law prohibiting warrantless eavesdropping on communications that originated or ended in the United States".

Recently, Yoo elaborated on his "engaging" theories by asserting that the President could crush a child's testicles, depending on why the President thought he needed those testicles crushed:

Cassel: If the President deems that he’s got to torture somebody, including by crushing the testicles of the person’s child, there is no law that can stop him?
Yoo: No treaty.
Cassel: Also no law by Congress. That is what you wrote in the August 2002 memo.
Yoo: I think it depends on why the President thinks he needs to do that.

Here's my question, in two parts:

Could the President forcibly abort a fetus--in the first trimester, mind you--of a terrorist suspect if he deems it necessary?

And, if not, how pissed would Republicans be if he couldn't?

Comments

[KJC]

It sickens and saddens me that our country is not better equipped to handle idiots like Yoo, and our Present Nut. To allow the torture of any human, for any circumstance is not only barbaric but totally useless. But to go the one step further, and bring a child into it is inhuman. It's unforgiveable, and should be grounds for immediate stoning. I don't know what else to say, it's beyond my comprehension. But I will say this, we have just begun to uncover the evilness of this facist regime.

[Neil Shakespeare]

I think it would depend on whether the fetus had testicles and, if so, if those testicles had terroristic tendencies. It would have to be a judgement call on his part. And I trust him to make these big testicle decisions. That's his job. He crushes childrens' testicles so I don't have to.

[cookie]

By crushing all of their testicles when they are young boys, we can eliminate a great number of impregnations and thus abortions.

I think it's their master plan.

[tom]

So I got out my nutcracker.

Pecans have thin shells and crack with almost no pressure. You could pretty much say the same for walnuts. Not much resistance there. Hazelnuts, almonds--crack at first bite. It's the brazil nuts, hardshelled and horny, that really crack the cracker.

Man nuts, however, have the thinnest of shells and, I can tell you, no crack resistance whatsoever. They taste something like mountain oysters.

[WTF]

Obviously you all have no respect for music. Now days there are only a few lucky billionaires and shikh's who have had the rare chance to hear the voice of God. It is so sad how few can afford to hear the power and grace that is delivered through the voice of a 16 year old castrated boy.

W. is just trying to bring this unique treat to the masses...

Come on, what sounds better....Persian Choir Boys or Arabian Choir Boys?

Yoo Mamma!