Does International Law Make A Difference?
This is the question I've grappled with throughout my career.
Read my wide-ranging conversation with the co-editors-in-chief of the Yale Journal of International Law.
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As the death toll reaches 190, it's time for another reminder that the boat strikes are unlawful under both international and domestic law--and they are a stain on our national conscience.
For much more, take a look at this @justsecurity.org collection: www.justsecurity.org/120753/colle...
Today, Trump "will take a war that is already doubly illegal and turn it into a triply-illegal war. He will also make it clear, if it was not already, that he regards the law as no constraint on his use of the U.S. military’s lethal power."
Read more here: www.justsecurity.org/137669/60-da...
Trump sends US warships into the Persian Gulf to escort trapped ships out of the Strait of Hormuz, potentially making a dangerous situation even more dangerous. Featuring @oonahathaway.bsky.social, Professor of International Law at Yale Law School.
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This is what ongoing hostilities looks like.
But to be clear, the blockade & state of military confrontation were enough to constitute continuing "hostilities" under the WPR 60-day clock before the latest skirmish, as @oonahathaway.bsky.social and I explained👇
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1/ NEW: The Trump administration's new notification to Congress attempting to get out from under the War Powers Resolution 60-day clock for its #Iran war is utterly unconvincing, and also breaks new ground in a few interesting ways:
It's time for Congress to step up.
It should start by cutting off funding for this war until Congress authorizes it.
Then it needs to reform the War Powers Act to do the same for all future conflicts so that we don't find ourselves right back here again.
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Exactly.
The Defense Department has requested funds for danger pay to troops that are at increased risk of taking hostile fire or other dangers.
Rather than paying more danger pay, let's stop the illegal war of choice that's putting our troops in danger.
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Yes, it would. This is one of many reasons the claim of a "pause" is unsustainable.