The same would likely apply to Harold Koh's embrace of myriad other controversial transnationalist initiatives.
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The State Department's top lawyer, Harold Koh, is a strong proponent of following the "norms" of international law.
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President Obama has tabbed the former dean of Yale Law School, Harold Koh, to become the legal adviser for the State Department.
That would appear not to be the case, however, in light of his choice of Harold Koh to be the State Department's top lawyer.
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The State Department's Legal Adviser Harold Koh believes the US should subordinate its laws to an abstract and largely unfounded notion of international law.
Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh, who wrote the Diplomat's Brief says that even an accused terrorist has certain basic rights to a fair trial under the Geneva Conventions.
If they fail to exercise that power vigorously with respect to the nomination of Harold Koh to be the top State Department lawyer, they will not only have been derelict.
Mr. HAROLD KOH (Dean, Yale Law School): So for us to precede and to try people under these standards would subject us to a charge that we're engaged in some of kangaroo justice.
Based on his past writings and public pronouncements, if Harold Koh is truthful in his answers to these and similar interrogatories, he should be disqualified from serving as the top State Department lawyer.
How would Harold Koh square the oath of office he must take if confirmed as State Department Legal Advisor to uphold and protect the Constitution with his insistence that international "law" and "norms" must take precedence if there is a conflict between them?
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