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But the Supreme Court has never overruled a presidential declaration, conservative scholar John Yoo said in a recent telephone briefing arranged by the Federalist Society.
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John Yoo, a former deputy assistant attorney general who reportedly wrote the legal framework for the surveillance program, said, "It is not clear whether refusal always leads to a political loss."
