March 20, 2009
'Torture Memos' vs. Academic Freedom
A review of a Berkeley law professor's memos to the White House about counterterrorism policies prompts calls for his job
When people gathered last May for the commencement ceremony at the University of California at Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law, they were greeted by chanting activists from the National Lawyers Guild and other left-wing groups.
The university, protesters shouted, should fire John C. Yoo, a tenured professor who has taught at the law school since 1993.
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