It would be more accurate to say that ‘the court formally codified the policies US presidents have already been using for the last century’.
John Yoo vindicated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Yoo#Unitary_executive_theory
I was unfamiliar with this guy. His interpretation seems to have held up in practice, although it hinges on definition of war. If by “war” he means a defacto state of war without declaration, then he must have concluded the US is a carte blanche dictatorship, right?
John Yoo’s whole schtick back then was to run legal cover for the US’ post-9/11 war crimes and crimes against humanity.
lol, that tracks perfectly.
I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: