Today’s Litigation Tracker updates:
-U.S. investors sue Trump and Bondi alleging the government’s approval of the TikTok deal was illegal
-24 states challenge the admin’s use of Section 122 of the Trade Act to impose a 10% tariff on imports worldwide
www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
The latest Freedom on the Net report found that gov't investments in #AI sovereignty could enable repression.
To protect human rights, policymakers & tech firms in democratic countries should work with civil society & embed safeguards in these systems, write Kian Vesteinsson & Grant Baker:
Today's news roundup:
-Iranian Kurdish forces prepare possible Iran incursion
-US and Mideast countries seek Kyiv’s Iranian drone expertise
-House committee subpoenas Bondi to testify on handling of Epstein case
-DOJ fails to build autopen case against Biden
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www.justsecurity.org/133201/early...
The United Kingdom’s Use of Force Against Iran: Walking a Legal Tightrope?
By Professor @aurelsari.com
"The purpose of this analysis is to unpack the British position with reference to the rules governing the use of force and the events that have unfolded since Starmer’s initial statement."
Today’s Litigation Tracker update:
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. Trump: Plaintiffs' amended complaint adds 3 employee unions & challenges the OPM Final Rule reclassifying thousands of career employees & removing civil-service protections
www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
“Was Targeting Ayatollah Khamenei and Other Iranian Leaders Lawful? What Precedents Does It Set?”
By Marko Milanovic and Michael Schmitt
www.justsecurity.org/133171/ayato...
Congress is fighting over whether ICE needs a warrant to enter your home. But ICE arrest warrants aren’t reliable enough to protect anyone from wrongful detention, writes Chris Hardee (@stereotopical.bsky.social).
Why — and how Congress must fix it:
www.justsecurity.org/132934/deepe...
In the transition since the U.S. capture of President Maduro, #Venezuela has a potential path to return to democratic governance and a more productive long-term relationship with the United States.
From former Special Forces officer and diplomat Keith Mines:
www.justsecurity.org/131521/venez...
Today's news roundup:
-Malta-flagged container ship hit by projectile in Hormuz
-US strikes on Iran ‘outside international law,’ says Macron
-Lutnick Agrees to Testify in House Epstein Investigation
-US threatening to indict Venezuela's Delcy Rodriguez: Reuters
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www.justsecurity.org/133079/early...
Today’s Litigation Tracker updates:
-Federal judge rules that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s termination of the New York congestion pricing plan was contrary to law in violation of the APA.
www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
Secretary Rubio's "double-preemption argument fails, simply because you cannot double-preempt against an action to which you are yourself a party."
Double Preemption, Imminence, and the U.S. Attack Against Iran
By professor @eliavl.bsky.social
A Texas trial is the first major test of the Trump administration’s push to prosecute alleged “antifa” adherents as domestic terrorists. But Thomas Brzozowski argues that the criminal statute central to the government’s case is overly broad – and could easily be abused.
Ukrainians have withstood their hardest winter of the #RussiaUkraineWar and are still standing, both willing and able to keep fighting and talking.
Amb. Daniel Fried, fresh from his latest visit to Kyiv:
www.justsecurity.org/132845/russi...
Today's news roundup:
-Gaza fuel running short after Israel closes borders amid Iran war
-Death toll in 'surprise' attack in South Sudan rises to 178
-Macron expands French nuclear arsenal and vows protection for neighbors
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www.justsecurity.org/132939/early...
With senior US officials briefing Congress on Tuesday about Iran war plans.
I teamed up with @tessbridgeman.bsky.social @k8brannen.bsky.social
Top Questions the Trump Administration Needs to Answer on War with Iran
Also plenty of questions for journalists (and the public) here.
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⚖️ As we update the Commentaries on the Geneva Conventions, what histories must we revisit?
Part of @icrc.org’s joint symposium with @justsecurity.org & @ejiltalk.bsky.social, this piece revisits the 1949 #GenevaConventions from a colonized perspective.
Read more → bit.ly/4shUSYN
Top Questions the Trump Administration Needs to Answer on War with Iran
What Congress, journalists, and the public should ask
By @tessbridgeman.bsky.social @k8brannen.bsky.social @rgoodlaw.bsky.social
Today’s Litigation Tracker updates:
-Judge blocks DHS rule that denied lawmakers’ access to immigration detention facilities
-Judge denies motion to dissolve preliminary injunctions re new homeless aid grant rules; government appeals to the 1st Circuit
www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
Excellent curated summary of the Middle East War.
Broken down into Saturday-Sunday-Monday developments.
This is our @justsecurity.org Early Edition - always free and available here in audio:
justsecurityoutloud.buzzsprout.com/2509956/follow
www.justsecurity.org/132830/early...
Aggression by the United States and Israel, Misdirected Self-Defense by Iran, and Collective Self-Defense of Gulf States
By @adhaque.bsky.social
www.justsecurity.org/132894/us-is...
As part of our joint symposium with @ejiltalk.bsky.social and @icrclawpolicy.bsky.social, @tomdannenbaum.bsky.social analyzes the new @icrc.org Commentary deeming the GC IV's Article 23 as “significantly diminished” in importance in today’s legal context:
www.justsecurity.org/131513/comme...
Congress should not let Hegseth abuse the statutory authority he’s been delegated, either with respect to the underlying supply chain risk designation of Anthropic, or by turning it into “attempted corporate murder,” writes @tessbridgeman.bsky.social
www.justsecurity.org/132851/anthr...
@becingber.bsky.social thoroughly dissects the OLC memo justifying the Trump admin’s #Venezuela operations for insight into how the administration lawyers use of force decisions and the factual evidence undergirding them.
www.justsecurity.org/131538/trump...
Today's news roundup:
-OpenAI announces new deal with Pentagon — including ethical safeguards
-FBI probing whether U.S. attack on Iran motivated Austin shooter who killed 2
-30 more people are indicted in anti-ICE church protest in Minnesota
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www.justsecurity.org/132830/early...
Top Experts’ Backgrounder: Military Action Against Iran and US Domestic Law
www.justsecurity.org/64645/war-po...
International Reactions to Military Strikes on Iran: A Tipping Point for the UN Charter?
By @bechamilton.bsky.social
(3/3) With thanks to our authors this week:
Jordan Street
Julian Watrous
Kate Davidson
Kathleen Claussen
Madeline Babin
Margaret Lin
Marie Miller
@rgoodlaw.bsky.social
Saavni Desai
Samantha Kiernan
Sarah Miller
Svitlana Starosvit
@violagienger.bsky.social
(2/3) With thanks to our authors this week:
Abdullahi Boru Halakhe
Beatrice Eriksson
@bechamilton.bsky.social
@adhaque.bsky.social
Aidan Arasasingham
CJ (Caleb) Pine
Clara Apt
@eliavl.bsky.social
Frank A. Rose
Harold Hongju Koh
Jeremy Chin
@joannasuriani.bsky.social
(1/3) Catch up on our recent analysis:
• Russia-Ukraine War
• ICE and CBP Operations
• U.S. Lethal Strikes
• Epstein Files
• Ethiopia
• Syria
• Genocide / Myanmar
• Symposium: Updated ICRC Commentary
• Trump Executive Actions
• United Nations
• Nuclear Proliferation
