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22 Jan

Patrick S. O'Donnell Thank you. One of my former teachers, Richard ('Dick') Flacks, who was among the founders of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and is now professor emeritus (sociology), is an authority on protest music (especially its folk variant). Flacks co-authored, with Rob Rosenthal, Playing for Change: Music and Musicians in the Service of Social Movements (Paradigm Publishers, 2012), should anyone be interested. Patrick S. O'Donnell Thank you. Richard (Dick) Flacks, one of my former teachers, among the founders of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS),...
22.01.15 | |

25 Jun

As predicted here, the Supreme Court delivered a split decision today in the Arizona immigration case. But to the extent that it’s a partial victory for supporters of SB 1070, it’s only a nominal one. Justice Kennedy’s majority opinion broadly validates federal power over immigration, leaving a very confined space for state activity. Kennedy’s opinion situates immigration law as part of foreign relations. [The federal power over immigration] rests, in part, on the National Government’s constitutional power to “establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization,” U. S. Const., Art....
25.06.12 | |

23 May

As several of my friends at Just Security and Lawfare have noted, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday held an, um, interesting hearing on whether the primary domestic law authorizing the use of force against Al Qaeda, the Taliban and associated forces needs to be repealed or revised. Witnesses’ written statements and (more interesting) video of the hearing is here. The hearings featured current DOD General Counsel Stephen Preston, Principal Deputy Legal Adviser at the State Department Mary McLeod, followed by former (Obama) State Department Legal Adviser...
23.05.14 | |

10 Jun

...are under no obligation to hand them over to the US. Their sole responsibility is to prevent NSA's on their soil from conducting attacks against other states. JP Precisely 12 months ago: 5 June 2012: "Pakistan on Tuesday summoned the US charge d’affaires Richard Hoagland to the foreign ministry to convey its ‘serious concerns’ over drone strikes.According to a statement issued by Foreign Office, he was officially conveyed the government’s serious concern regarding drone strikes in Pakistani territory. He was told that the drone strikes were unlawful, against international law...
10.06.13 | |

27 Apr

...the judges looking to regulation 55. However, without a greater and more flexible pool of available judges, the Presidency is not left with a lot of options. Alexander I'll answer directly to David K, because he is the last in the comments queue. Judge Van den Wyngaert had already complained very convincingly and very bitterly about workloads in general in her winter 2012 article "VICTIMS BEFORE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURTS: SOME VIEWS AND CONCERNS OF AN ICC TRIAL JUDGE" (Case Western Law Review), so her application to be excused from 8th...
27.04.13 | |

04 May

...the US State Department Country Reports on Human Rights of 2012: http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2012humanrightsreport/index.htm?dynamic_load_id=204365&year=2012#wrapper I quote from the Report "Defence for Children International-Palestine (DCI-Palestine) and Breaking the Silence claimed Israeli security services continued to abuse, and in some cases torture, minors who frequently were arrested on suspicion of stone throwing, to coerce confessions." I doubt that the US State Department would quote a completely untrustworthy source as an indicator of Israeli human rights abuses. But anyway, Amos Harel, probably the most respected military analyst journalist in Israel (respected by both Left and...
04.05.15 | |

17 Oct

The media and blogosphere are predictably — and justifiably — abuzz about Candy Crowley pointing out that Romney was wrong when he claimed it took Obama two weeks to label the Benghazi attack an “act of terror.” More interesting, though, is the push-back from Romney surrogates like Ed Gillespie, who said afterward that “[s]he was wrong about it, no doubt… I’ll let the American people judge for themselves in terms of the moderator and that kind of thing.” Fortunately, it’s not difficult to judge for ourselves who was...
17.10.12 | |

12 Feb

...is discussed at length in my article here. Roger Alford Roger Alford I should add that Ecuador may be discounting this risk in light of Argentina's recalcitrant behavior in not recognizing and enforcing adverse investment arbitration awards. Certainly Correa has indicated that he has no intention of paying the already outstanding $1.77 billion award Occidental won against Ecuador in 2012. But Argentina's strategy may change. Obama removed Argentina's GSP benefits in March 2012 for not honoring its arbitration obligations. The U.S. is likely to do the same for Ecuador with...
12.02.13 | |

03 Dec

...flaws of the first treaty (which expires at end of 2012). To quote again from a well-written recent Los Angeles Times article on the topic: "The negotiations for the next phase of the accord have the advantage of taking place when public and scientific opinions have swung behind taking aggressive steps to stabilize global warming. To be effective, Kyoto II will have to directly address the failures of the past. It will have to include the United States and force developing nations to rein in their polluting, experts said." NewStream...
03.12.07 | |

12 Apr

...a prima facie showing of a fraud that satisfies the first element of the showing necessary to apply the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege”).” DECLARATION, Case 1:11-cv-00691-LAK, Document 400, Filed 03/02/12, pages 1-2 (footnotes not included) See also Chevron v. Donziger, 768 F. Supp. 2d 581, 636 (S.D.N.Y. 2011), rev’d on other grounds, 303 F.3d 470 (2d Cir. 2012)(footnotes not included)(emphasis supplied) “Chevron thus is likely to prevail on its contention that the Ecuadorian judgment in this case "was rendered under a system which does not provide impartial tribunals...
12.04.12 | |

22 Jan

...civilians as well as armed rebels and may amount to war crimes. Ugandan soldiers hunting Lord’s Resistance Army group leader Joseph Kony have killed one of his key bodyguards who earned notoriety for the abduction of children, according to an army spokesman. Over the weekend, over 140 nations met in Geneva to conclude four years of work on a new treaty to reduce exposure to mercury, which is known to have negative health and environmental effects. The ECHR Blog features a commentary on last week’s ECtHR decision in Eweida and...
22.01.13 | |

27 Apr

...has arrogated itself the responsibility to judge the process of the peace talks.There have been accusations that although atrocities have also been committed by the UPDF, the ICC is going to investigate only the LRA. Based on the field work we have done, there are those who want Kony forgiven. There are those who say that justice is when all the people who are in the LRA are brought to justice irrespective of whether they are at the top or not. They make reservations for the children who were abducted...
27.04.05 | |