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A demonstrator walks in front of a row of military police members wearing riot gear as they push back demonstrators outside of the White House, June 1, 2020 in Washington D.C.

The Military Justice Dimension: Constraints on Military Personnel in Handling Civil Unrest

Top Expert Backgrounder: How the code of military justice applies to National Guard and other military personnel responding to protests. What must they do if the president issues…

Top Expert Backgrounder: Trump’s Impeachment–What Comes Next?

Yale Law School's Harold Koh describes the next set of decisions on the current road to impeachment of President Trump.
Central American migrant families arrive at a Catholic Charities respite center after being released from federal detention on June 12, 2019, in McAllen, Texas.

Top Expert Backgrounder: Children in Immigration Detention — What are the International Norms?

Vice Chair of the United Nations Committee Against Torture, Felice Gaer, writing in her personal capacity.
Maps showing US and Iranian reports of drone paths.

Top Expert Backgrounder: Aborted U.S. Strike, Cyber Operation Against Iran and International Law

"It is difficult to definitely conclude that the proposed U.S. kinetic strikes would have been valid exercises of self-defense."
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