{"id":1180,"date":"2009-04-09T15:01:39","date_gmt":"2009-04-09T22:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/law\/2009\/04\/09\/la-times-publishes-chapman-op-eds\/"},"modified":"2009-04-09T15:01:39","modified_gmt":"2009-04-09T22:01:39","slug":"la-times-publishes-chapman-op-eds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/law\/2009\/04\/09\/la-times-publishes-chapman-op-eds\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Times Publishes Chapman Op-Eds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dean John Eastman and Professor\u00a0Larry Rosenthal each published point-counterpoint\u00a0op-eds in Los Angeles Times <\/em>regarding John Yoo\u2019s visiting appointment at Chapman and the legal opinions he authored in 2002 and 2003 while serving in the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice as well as the general question, “Does John Yoo Belong in Front of a Class?”
\nRead Dean Eastman’s piece: Yes: His views spark important debate…<\/a>
\nRead Professor Rosenthal’s piece: No: His work for the Bush administration suggests he’s incompetent…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dean John Eastman and Professor\u00a0Larry Rosenthal each published point-counterpoint\u00a0op-eds in Los Angeles Times regarding John Yoo\u2019s visiting appointment at Chapman […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":14757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"custom_author_name":"","chapman_pin_hero_slider":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[41,4,118],"class_list":["post-1180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty","tag-eastman","tag-rosenthal","tag-yoo"],"yoast_head":"\nFowler School of Law | Chapman Blogs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/law\/2009\/04\/09\/la-times-publishes-chapman-op-eds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LA Times Publishes Chapman Op-Eds - 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