Recap of Recent Articles on Just Security (September 21-25)

2020 Elections

• Trump Can’t Lawfully Use Armed Forces to Sway the Election: Understanding the Legal Boundaries
  by Deana El-Mallawany, Christine Kwon (@chrstnkwn) and Rachel Homer

Coronavirus

• Trapped in a Pandemic: Iran’s Political Prisoners Face COVID-19 Behind Bars
  by Tzvi Kahn (@TzviKahn)
• COVID-19, California’s Wildfires, and Reimagining “The Reserves”
  by Jordan Beauregard (@JRBeauregard)
• Access to Information During a Pandemic – A Matter of Life or Death
  by Inés Pousadela (@inespousadela)

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Passing and the Supreme Court

• With RBG’s Passing, Start Thinking About How to Rein in the Supreme Court
  by Christopher Sprigman (@CJSprigman)
• Senate Procedures Offer No Hope for Dems on Supreme Court Nominee
  by Caroline Fredrickson (@crfredrickson)

Trump Law Suits

• All the President’s Lawsuits: Fraud, Defamation, and the Westfall Act
  by Chimène Keitner (@KeitnerLaw) and Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck)

William Barr

• Justifying Absolute Political Control over DOJ, Barr Promotes Myth of Unaccountable Career Prosecutor
  by Edgar Chen
• Bill Barr’s Misguided View of US History
  by Aryeh Neier

 Jamal Khashoggi

• The Verdict in the Khashoggi Murder Isn’t Final By Any Stretch
  by Abdullah Alaoudh (@aalodah) and Michael Eisner (@Mikeyeis)

Syria

• The Netherlands’ Action Against Syria: A New Path to Justice
  by Alyssa Yamamoto and Balkees Jarrah (@BalkeesJarrah)

Pompeo’s Commission on “Unalienable Rights”

• Reclaiming Human Rights from the Pompeo Commission – Part 1
  by Jane Stromseth
• Reclaiming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights from the Pompeo Commission – Part 2
  by Jane Stromseth

United Nations

• National Security at the United Nations This Week (Sept. 18-25)
  by Lyes Jalali (@LyesMauni)

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