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by Chimène I. Keitner

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“According to Secretary of State Rubio, President Trump was given the option of conducting a maritime interdiction but instead elected to blow up the vessel to send a message.”

@bcfinucane.bsky.social @justsecurity.org breaks down the legal issues. Zero regard for human lives.
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · Sep 4
This strike is outright murder even if you accept all the legal arguments the Obama admin made in support of its drone strikes, which you shouldn’t. www.justsecurity.org/119982/legal...
Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean
The Trump administration’s extraordinary lethal attack on this purported smuggling vessel raises significant potential legal issues.
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This strike is outright murder even if you accept all the legal arguments the Obama admin made in support of its drone strikes, which you shouldn’t. www.justsecurity.org/119982/legal...
Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean
The Trump administration’s extraordinary lethal attack on this purported smuggling vessel raises significant potential legal issues.
www.justsecurity.org
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by Chimène I. Keitner

keitnerlaw.com
As far as I can tell, not even a pretense that this strike complies with international law in any way shape or form.

How exactly are we supposed to complain when the United States is on the receiving end of such strikes by other countries? Or do we just not care anymore?
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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · Sep 2
Rubio’s tweet announcing a US military strike somewhere in the Caribbean…if I’m not mistaken, first combat action by SOUTHCOM since the Clinton administration called off the invasion of Haiti three decades ago.
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Rubio’s tweet announcing a US military strike somewhere in the Caribbean…if I’m not mistaken, first combat action by SOUTHCOM since the Clinton administration called off the invasion of Haiti three decades ago.
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by Chimène I. Keitner

keitnerlaw.com
Diplomacy R.I.P. (again/still)

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
U.S. Suspends Visas for Palestinian Passport Holders, Officials Say
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by Chimène I. Keitner

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No words
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · Aug 15
US army rolling the red carpet to murderer’s plane. I will never forget this image.
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US army rolling the red carpet to murderer’s plane. I will never forget this image.
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by Chimène I. Keitner

keitnerlaw.com
Sending healing thoughts ❤️‍🩹
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by Chimène I. Keitner

keitnerlaw.com
This 👇

#ICJ #Climate
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Mike Becker @mikebecker.bsky.social · Jul 23
State acceptance matters a lot if you want the advisory opinion to be anything more than a piece of paper. A key consideration is how litigants at the state level will now seek to leverage various aspects of the ICJ opinion in domestic courts.
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State acceptance matters a lot if you want the advisory opinion to be anything more than a piece of paper. A key consideration is how litigants at the state level will now seek to leverage various aspects of the ICJ opinion in domestic courts.
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by Chimène I. Keitner

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Worth reading.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Jul 17
Here is the full letter Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, sent to colleagues: www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
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Here is the full letter Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, sent to colleagues: www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
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by Chimène I. Keitner

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Whatever happened behind the scenes, it sure feels like a bait and switch.
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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · Jun 22
Among many other things this is a proliferation nightmare. The lesson learned will be never negotiate with the United States.
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Among many other things this is a proliferation nightmare. The lesson learned will be never negotiate with the United States.
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by Chimène I. Keitner

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This
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · Jun 18
It's infuriating how 99% of the coverage of this new war doesn't bother to mention that it is happening because we had an agreement to limit and monitor Iran's nuclear program, which even Trump's own aides said was working, and he blew it up because it was negotiated under Obama.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Jun 18
The consequences of JCPOA withdrawal in graph form www.ft.com/content/193f...
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It's infuriating how 99% of the coverage of this new war doesn't bother to mention that it is happening because we had an agreement to limit and monitor Iran's nuclear program, which even Trump's own aides said was working, and he blew it up because it was negotiated under Obama.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Jun 18
The consequences of JCPOA withdrawal in graph form www.ft.com/content/193f...
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by Chimène I. Keitner — Reposted by Chimène I. Keitner

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The ball is in Congress’s court to save US diplomacy.

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Why Congress Must Counteract Trump’s Dangerous Diplomacy
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s May 31 speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue defense summit in Singapore was no ordinary one. He accused China of posing a “real” and “imminent” threat, leading China to a...
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by Chimène I. Keitner

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Important 🧵
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · Jun 7
The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.

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The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
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by Chimène I. Keitner

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@jamisonfoser.bsky.social has a point ...
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · Jun 5
between Elon's ransacking of the government and Palantir's government contracts I feel like there's a pretty good chance they *both* have the nuclear codes and they *both* have all our personal data
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Jun 5
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

by Chimène I. Keitner

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🤯
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Jun 5
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
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between Elon's ransacking of the government and Palantir's government contracts I feel like there's a pretty good chance they *both* have the nuclear codes and they *both* have all our personal data
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Jun 5
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
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by Chimène I. Keitner

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Worth reading both the Lawfare essay and the NYT op-ed.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation case is more about individual rights than the Trump administration’s foreign policy
The Trump administration claims that judges’ orders in the cases of immigrants deported to a prison in El Salvador intrude on the president’s right to conduct foreign policy.
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by Chimène I. Keitner

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For the next time you hear Marco Rubio say judges can’t hear these “foreign policy” cases … (tl;dr they can—and will)
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · May 6
The legal appeals of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and other noncitizens deported to El Salvador are far from simple. A scholar of international law answers a few key questions about the power that U.S. judges actually have to intervene in these wrongful deportation cases:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation case is more about individual rights than the Trump administration’s foreign policy
The Trump administration claims that judges’ orders in the cases of immigrants deported to a prison in El Salvador intrude on the president’s right to conduct foreign policy.
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The legal appeals of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and other noncitizens deported to El Salvador are far from simple. A scholar of international law answers a few key questions about the power that U.S. judges actually have to intervene in these wrongful deportation cases:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation case is more about individual rights than the Trump administration’s foreign policy
The Trump administration claims that judges’ orders in the cases of immigrants deported to a prison in El Salvador intrude on the president’s right to conduct foreign policy.
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by Chimène I. Keitner

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theconversation.com/kilmar-abreg...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation case is more about individual rights than the Trump administration’s foreign policy
The Trump administration claims that judges’ orders in the cases of immigrants deported to a prison in El Salvador intrude on the president’s right to conduct foreign policy.
theconversation.com
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keitnerlaw.com
theconversation.com/kilmar-abreg...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation case is more about individual rights than the Trump administration’s foreign policy
The Trump administration claims that judges’ orders in the cases of immigrants deported to a prison in El Salvador intrude on the president’s right to conduct foreign policy.
theconversation.com

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