International law / international relations / human rights / national security. Giving social media one more try.
"The birth and growth of America has been a response to a demand for responsible government." Pugh, Historical Approach to the Doctrine of Sovereign Immunity (1953)
*My current research project is feeling a bit too on the nose these days ...
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"[T]he English maxim [the king can do no wrong] does not declare that the government...can do no wrong... [T]he ministers personally, like our President, may be impeached; or, if the wrong amounts to a crime, they may be indicted and tried at law for the offence." Langford v US, 101 US at 343 (1879)
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Wondering if there are any analogies to be found in the Westfall Act context, and if so which way those cut?
www.justsecurity.org/77496/swalwe...
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How much wiggle room is there for the court on remand to say that attempting a coup cannot be an official act?
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This is a fantastic essay, Quinta. Thanks for reposting.
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My thoughts for @lawfare.bsky.social on the ICJ’s latest provisional measures order in South Africa v. Israel:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/thou...
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On today’s Lawfare Daily, @sranderson.bsky.social talked to @keitnerlaw.bsky.social about the recent applications for arrest warrants filed by the ICC prosecutor against several senior Hamas and Israeli leaders, how the ICC has jurisdiction over the Gaza conflict, and more.
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My take @lawfare.bsky.social: "Whether the [ICC] prosecutor’s May 20 announcement is 'outrageous' from a political standpoint is a matter of opinion. It is not outrageous from the standpoint of applying the relevant legal standards to the available evidence."
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/unde...
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Fair point, thanks. I thought both linked articles were worth reading in their own right.
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Yesterday, the ICC prosecutor requested arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders. @keitnerlaw.bsky.social discusses the substance of the requests and examines their legal and policy contexts.
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