www.justsecurity.org/120568/carib...
2) Even if there were an armed conflict and these men were once lawful targets, per this description the men sound shipwrecked.
3) Vessel was reportedly not headed for US but Trinidad in the first place & moreover had reportedly turned around for VZ.
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
2) Even if there were an armed conflict and these men were once lawful targets, per this description the men sound shipwrecked.
3) Vessel was reportedly not headed for US but Trinidad in the first place & moreover had reportedly turned around for VZ.
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
1) Legal Reality Land
2) OLC Fantasy Land
3) Whatever DoD is actually doing operationally
1) Legal Reality Land
2) OLC Fantasy Land
3) Whatever DoD is actually doing operationally
Currently:
1) No prior armed attack like on 9/11.
2) No congressional authorization for the use of force.
3) No armed conflict.
4) No application of the law of war.
5) No lawful targets.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Currently:
1) No prior armed attack like on 9/11.
2) No congressional authorization for the use of force.
3) No armed conflict.
4) No application of the law of war.
5) No lawful targets.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
None of the Trump administration’s weak justifications for the lethal strike in the Caribbean have dissuaded me from applying that label here.
www.npr.org/2025/09/05/n...
“The strike, and the attack itself, is likely unlawful regardless of the precise details, because there is no armed conflict."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“The strike, and the attack itself, is likely unlawful regardless of the precise details, because there is no armed conflict."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We discussed why the US is not engaged in an armed conflict against narcos despite the legal fantasyland created by DOJ.
And the bigger issues with SignalGate—including a pointless, unauthorized conflict in Yemen.
We discussed why the US is not engaged in an armed conflict against narcos despite the legal fantasyland created by DOJ.
And the bigger issues with SignalGate—including a pointless, unauthorized conflict in Yemen.
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“Lawfare” is when the law is applied to powerful.
“Lawfare” is when the law is applied to powerful.
"Murder on the high seas is implicated, conspiracy to commit murder outside of the United States, then murder is also an offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice."
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-h...
"Murder on the high seas is implicated, conspiracy to commit murder outside of the United States, then murder is also an offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice."
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-h...
www.justsecurity.org/126056/the-j...
Worse for Hegseth, NYT: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left survivors."
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And great backcountry and nordic skiing right there as well as ice climbing.
And great backcountry and nordic skiing right there as well as ice climbing.
1) Send executive branch lawyers to these briefings who could explain the legal basis for the maritime strikes.
2) Refuses to allow lawmakers to bring legal counsel to see the OLC memo.
Thus keeping Congress in the dark.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
1) Send executive branch lawyers to these briefings who could explain the legal basis for the maritime strikes.
2) Refuses to allow lawmakers to bring legal counsel to see the OLC memo.
Thus keeping Congress in the dark.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.airandspaceforces.com/f-16-pilot-s...
www.airandspaceforces.com/f-16-pilot-s...
(This is not an armed conflict.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
(This is not an armed conflict.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Time to tend the ragu and lift...
Time to tend the ragu and lift...