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Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (May 12-May 18)
Russia Investigation Douglas W. Kmiec and Ryan Goodman, The Missing Justice Dep’t Memo on Whether a President Can Be Subpoenaed to Tesify in a Criminal Case Asha Rangappa…
Dispelling the NYT’s “The Daily” Podcast’s Misconceptions about Mueller’s Options
Professor Goodman explodes four common myths about Mueller's options if the special counsel finds the President engaged in criminal activity. Some avenues are closed or risky,…
Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (May 7-May 11)
Gina Haspel Nomination and Torture Steve Vladeck, The Haspel Nomination as a Referendum on (Un-)Accountability Steve Vladeck, Gina Haspel and the Elusive Shadow of CIA Torture:…
Germany’s Research Report on the Syria Strikes: Unlawful Acts of Reprisal
Just hours after the United States, United Kingdom and France launched the first series of coordinated strikes against targets related to Syria’s chemical weapons program, Germany’s…
Just Security Podcast: Laura Rozen on the Iran Deal
On a day that felt like it was dominated by headlines about Gina Haspel, Michael Cohen, and American hostages being freed from North Korea, Al-Monitor Diplomatic Correspondent…
The Fog of Law and the Jus Ad Bellum
This article is the latest in our Fog of Law series that examines the gray zones in international law and conflict that can be exploited by states. The series comes in advance…
The Diplomats Speak: More Opposition to Gina Haspel’s Nomination to Head the CIA
Above: CIA headquarters. An august group of 115 retired diplomats have now circulated their own letter (reproduced below) in opposition to the nomination of Gina Haspel to lead…
Just Security Podcast: Mike Breen on the US Abandoning the Iran Nuclear Deal
President Donald Trump announces his decision to withdraw the United States from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal in the Diplomatic Room at the White House May 8, 2018. (Photo by Chip…
Two (Premature) Cheers for Doe v. Mattis
By any account, yesterday’s (still-classified) D.C. Circuit ruling in Doe v. Mattis, in which a divided panel appears to have affirmed the district court’s injunction…
The Haspel Nomination as a Referendum on (Un-)Accountability
One of the consistent themes of the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence over the past few decades has been aggressive hostility to “judge-made” remedies, i.e., the…
Mapping States’ Reactions to the U.S. Strikes Against Syria of April 2018–A Comprehensive Guide
[First version, May 7, 2018 with 79 States and 2 intergovernmental organizations] This is the permanent page for the Mapping States’ Reactions to the Syria Strikes of April 2018…
Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (April 28-May 4)
Gina Haspel Nomination Beth Van Schaack, Gina Haspel’s Nomination to Head the CIA: Why the Controversy & What is at Stake? Katherine Hawkins, Scott Roehm, “I’m…