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Canary in the Coal Mine: Trump Administration Undermines a Global Anti-Corruption Initiative
Those nervously watching to see whether the United States will uphold its existing international commitments to protect human rights and address corruption have had their eyes…
Senators McCain and Graham’s Alarming Suggestion that the Conflicts With ISIS and Assad are “Inextricably Connected”
With a hat tip to Defense One‘s Kevin Baron and Michigan Law’s Monica Hakimi, I just came across a statement released yesterday by Senators John McCain and Lindsey…
The D.C. Circuit Gives Short Shrift to Public Access to Guantánamo Proceedings
Any other year, the D.C. Circuit’s March 31 decision in Dhiab v. Trump would have probably received a lot more attention–especially in suggesting that the media…
Important New Bipartisan Bill To Advance Accountability for International Crimes in Syria
Following on the heels of last week’s chemical weapon attack in Syria, Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Bob Corker (R-TN), Bob Menendez…
Apples and Oranges–Obama’s and Trump’s Plans to Strike Syria for Chem Weapons Use
One of the most important policy and legal questions moving forward is whether the Trump administration needs to seek congressional approval for military strikes in response to…
(Apparent) Administration Justifications for Legality of Strikes Against Syria
[Cross-posted at Take Care] The following document has begun to circulate outside the government. It is said to have been developed within the Administration. I have not confirmed,…
Recap of Recent Posts on Just Security (Apr. 1-7)
I. U.S. Intervention in Syria Just Security, Questions Raised by Syria’s Chemical Weapons Attack (Wednesday, Apr. 5) Ryan Goodman, Humanitarian Military Options for Syrian…
To President Trump on Syria: The Law Matters–What’s the Rationale?
Senators have just emerged from a closed door meeting with Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joe Dunford about yesterday’s strikes in Syria. Yet, according to CNN on-air reporting…
My discrete but important disagreement with Harold Koh on the lawfulness of the strikes on Syria
I argued last night that the President’s strikes against Syria appear to violate Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter and that therefore it was unconstitutional for…
Norms Watch: Tracking the Erosion of Democratic Traditions (Mar. 31- Apr. 7)
Editor’s Note: Welcome to the latest installment of Norms Watch, our series tracking both the flouting of democratic norms by the Trump administration and the erosion of…
Why the strikes against Syria probably violate the U.N. Charter and (therefore) the U.S. Constitution
[UPDATED] The Pentagon has issued the following statement about the U.S.’s use of 59 Tomahawk missiles against the Shayrat Airfield in the Homs governorate of Syria this…
Humanitarian Military Options for Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack: “Illegal but Not Unprecedented”
Without Security Council authorization, any U.S. military force to respond to Assad’s chemical weapons attack would be a violation of international law, but … Policymakers…