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Former National Security Council Dep. Legal Adviser & White House Associate Counsel. Co-Editor-in-Chief @just_security. @RCLS_NYU Sr Fellow. Former State Dept.

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Joined November 2009
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Excellent news for the #ICC -- and for international justice.
Javier Ruiz@Javier_Ruiz201011 Mar 2025
Rodrigo Duterte se encuentra ahora a bordo de un avión que lo llevará a él y a sus acompañantes a La Haya, Países Bajos, según confirmó uno de sus abogados, Martin Delgra III.
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These are not political news cycle issues. Trump is transforming what the United States is as a country in the world into a far right, authoritarian, transactional, valueless oligarchy aligned with the world's autocracies.
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Need a primer on the #AlienEnemiesAct and how it might be used (or abused) in the #immigration context after yesterday's news that #Trump may soon invoke it to speed deportations? We have you covered via @just_security's analyses by leading experts: justsecurity.org/108460/expe…

What to Read on the Alien Enemies Act

A list of Just Security's expert analysis on the Trump administration's reported plans to invoke the Alien Enemies Act.

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Democracy enters darkness...
Ben Mullin@BenMullin26 Feb 2025
SCOOP: Jeff Bezos emails staff about a change to Post Opinions: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."
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MUST READ: By Maksym Vishchyk & Jeremy Pizzi 3 yrs after #Russia's full-scale invasion: - How int'l law protects #Ukraine's rights if coerced into a "peace treaty" - Why the center has held, what would make that change now, & how that could reshape the world order [1/3]
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Read their brilliant essay in full via @just_security: [2/3] justsecurity.org/108358/kyiv…

The Voices from Kyiv: Is the World Legal Order in Decay?

The Russian invasion of Ukraine, and states’ reactions thereto, are setting the stage for possible changes to the international legal order.

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Maksym & Jeremy explain: "The central norm at stake here is the prohibition of the use of force." What kind of world order will we fight for? This is about sovereignty and independence for #Ukraine, but it's also about much more: [3/3]
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About that email to federal employees asking for 5 accomplishments: Law prof @NicholasBednar breaks it down here, including why it would be unlawful to treat non-response as a resignation 👇 justsecurity.org/108229/what…

What Just Happened: Musk-OPM Send Email to Federal Employees Asking for Five Accomplishments

The OPM's recent email and online threat by Elon Musk demonstrate that resignations and layoffs will continue — whether lawful or not.

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The #Pentagon Purge on Friday is deeply destabilizing and is a threat to civilian control of the #military and the rule of law more broadly. MUST READ by @marknevitt unpacks these issues, and why some of the firings are also likely unlawful: justsecurity.org/108284/how-…

How the Pentagon Personnel Firings Threaten Our Apolitical Military

This unprecedented purge of the nation’s top brass suggests that Trump may attempt to fill these roles with officers he perceives as loyal.

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About that email to federal employees asking for 5 accomplishments: Law prof @NicholasBednar breaks it down here, including why it would be unlawful to treat non-response as a resignation 👇 justsecurity.org/108229/what…

What Just Happened: Musk-OPM Send Email to Federal Employees Asking for Five Accomplishments

The OPM's recent email and online threat by Elon Musk demonstrate that resignations and layoffs will continue — whether lawful or not.

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Want to know how #Trump administration executive actions are faring in the courts? Stay up to date with the Litigation Tracker we're producing at @just_security Now up to 80 cases, including updates as cases develop: justsecurity.org/107087/trac…
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Labor & employment law expert Suzanne Summerlin gives a master class on our latest #WhatJustHappened podcast. She breaks down specifics (probationary status, admin leave & more) And asks the big picture Qs: What happens when the administrative state breaks down - by design?
Just Security@just_security18 Feb 2025
What protections do federal employees have and what remedies are available to them if their rights are violated? Labor and employment expert Suzanne Summerlin joins the #podcast with @davidcaaron and @bridgewriter. Listen 👇 justsecurity.org/108051/podc…

Podcast: Understanding Federal Employee Rights

Labor and employment expert Suzanne Summerlin discusses the protections available to federal employees if their rights are violated.

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What protections do federal employees have and what remedies are available to them if their rights are violated? Labor and employment expert Suzanne Summerlin joins the #podcast with @davidcaaron and @bridgewriter. Listen 👇 justsecurity.org/108051/podc…

Podcast: Understanding Federal Employee Rights

Labor and employment expert Suzanne Summerlin discusses the protections available to federal employees if their rights are violated.

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A must read not just for international lawyers, Prof. @EBenvenisti's latest via @just_security on the resilience of international law in the face of empire. A sober assessment of the moment we face, and a call to action on what to do now with the long view in mind:
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Full article here: justsecurity.org/107820/resi…

The Resilience of International Law in the Face of Empire

We may be effectively reverting to an era of imperial rule. But history has demonstrated that international law has a long memory.

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Congress: Big problem at the National #Nuclear Security Administration - Federal employees, probationary or not, aren't expendable - Their knowledge is often irreplaceable - Our national security depends on stopping the hemorrhaging now across agencies you fund & authorize
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Hundreds laid off at US nuclear weapons agency: Sources

President Donald Trump's administration said some federal government employees who took the "Fork in the Road" buyout offer were then fired or let go — in error.

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UPDATE: Looks like firings at NNSA may be paused for now but staff are still "in a holding pattern" and "bracing for firings" - not an acceptable way to run our national security agencies: goodmorningamerica.com/Polit…

Mass layoffs now paused at US nuclear weapons agency

President Donald Trump's administration said some federal government employees who took the "Fork in the Road" buyout offer were then fired or let go — in error.

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Yale Law School Professor and former U.S. State Department Legal Adviser @haroldhongjukoh joins @bridgewriter and @pshah518 to discuss his recent book, 'The National Security Constitution in the 21st Century' Listen 👇 justsecurity.org/107459/podc…

The Just Security Podcast: ‘The National Security Constitution in the 21st Century’ Book Talk

Harold Hongju Koh joins the podcast to discuss his most recent book, 'The National Security Constitution in the 21st Century'

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Placing all #USAID staff on admin leave is cruel to staff and harmful to U.S. interests. It also doesn't square with the notice #Rubio sent to Congress announcing a more measured process that could have been undertaken in compliance with law. (1/2)
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This is not a pause. Global staff & the programs they run, established by & appropriated for by Congress, cannot simply be put back in place once yanked. This should be understood as an unlawful attempt to abolish #USAID w/out Congress, by ensuring it can't function. (2/2)
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