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Understanding DHS’s and ICE’s New Powers in Comparative Perspective Highlights from David Aaron and Steven Cash podcast on institutional constraints on the FBI and law enforcement agencies compared to DHS.

Understanding DHS’s and ICE’s New Powers in Comparative Perspective

@rgoodlaw.bsky.social draws highlights from podcast discussion by David Aaron (former DOJ) and Steven Cash (former DHS and Senate/House staff)

The Legal Fig Leaf: The US-El Salvador Detainee Diplomatic Notes Declassified U.S.–El Salvador documents expose a shaky legal cover and continued U.S. control over detainees in CECOT, raising questions about complicity in potential abuse.

NEW

My latest piece in @justsecurity.org analyzing the diplomatic notes exchanged between the US and El Salvador as part of the dirty deal to rendition and disappear people to CECOT.

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Program Associate - Reiss Center on Law and Security Program Associate The Reiss Center on Law and Security (RCLS) at NYU School of Law and the NYU Center for Cybersecurity (CCS) are seeking an enterprising, dynamic Program Associate. The Program Associ...

📢 Apply by July 15

@rcls-nyu.bsky.social & NYU Center for Cybersecurity are hiring a Program Associate for a rich early-career role in #natsec & #cyber policy. Help support research, events, and strategy at two dynamic centers.

Don’t miss this opportunity!
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Read the latest deep dive from our Faculty Co-Director @rgoodlaw.bsky.social and non-resident senior fellow @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social:

Why the US just can’t quit Middle East wars Every president wants to extricate America from the region’s conflicts. None of them do.

Spoke with @joshuakeating.bsky.social for this piece on why U.S. can’t extricate itself from MidEast conflicts. US remains hard-wired into regional security and at the same time has either failed to resolve core conflicts or instigated them. Not a platform for pivoting.
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Program Associate - Reiss Center on Law and Security Program Associate The Reiss Center on Law and Security (RCLS) at NYU School of Law and the NYU Center for Cybersecurity (CCS) are seeking an enterprising, dynamic Program Associate. The Program Associ...

📢We're hiring! Rich & rewarding early-career opportunity in #natsec & #cyber policy & law.

Join @rcls-nyu.bsky.social & NYU Center for Cybersecurity as our next Program Associate and help drive our research, events, strategy & more.

Apply by July 15: www.lawandsecurity.org/about/work-w...

The Need for a Congressional Rebuttal on Trump's Iran Attack Congress should push back against the Trump administration's unauthorized attack on Iran.

ICYMI

My latest piece in @justsecurity.org analyzing the Trump administration's legal arguments in the new War Powers report on Iran and congressional options for responding to executive overreach.

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The Need for a Congressional Rebuttal on Trump's Iran Attack Congress should push back against the Trump administration's unauthorized attack on Iran.

Exceptionally informative and important analysis -- on the role of Congress and what precedent this moment may set for any U.S. President's ability to take the nation to war

Thanks to @bcfinucane.bsky.social

A must read

Read the latest from Non-Resident Senior Fellow @bcfinucane.bsky.social on Congress and the Trump Admin's new Iran War Powers Report 👇

What’s Next for U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Assistance? - Reiss Center on Law and Security The State Department has released a reorganization plan that would usher in significant changes to the way the United States conducts its diplomacy and foreign assistance, at a time of considerable ge...

For the full @rcls-nyu.bsky.social panel discussion, also featuring Dafna Rand, Michael Schiffer, and @mwhanna.crisisgroup.org, watch the recording below:

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Trump's Sidelining of Human Rights in Foreign Policy Weakening the U.S. commitment to human rights and the tools to advance them undoubtedly will prove costly.

Expanding his insightful commentary from our panel, “What’s Next for U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Assistance,” @ambdanfried.bsky.social takes a deep-dive into the past, present, and possible future of #humanrights in a changing U.S. foreign policy.

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Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate Dear Mr. Speaker:   (Dear Mr. President:) On the night of June 21, 2025, at my direction, United States forces conducted a precision strike

The WH letter to Congress on the Iran strikes — I’ll explain in a brief thread below what we can read into this of the Admin’s legal position on both domestic and international law.

Ketanji Brown Jackson Sounds the Alarm Podcast Episode · Strict Scrutiny · 06/23/2025 · 1h 38m

Listen to Reiss Center senior fellow @becingber.bsky.social for an overview of the legal frameworks for war powers in the context of strikes in #Iran, and what makes this moment so acute.
On @strictscrutiny.bsky.social's latest episode:
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The Project was spearheaded by Reiss Center Senior Fellow and Visiting Scholar @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, whose analysis of the legal issues at play in #Iran is also cited by @cnn.com and available at @justsecurity.org .

The WPR Reporting Project is a publicly accessible, searchable database.

It analyzes reporting on the use of armed forces abroad by every US President since 1973, from Ford to Trump.

Essential reading at this moment and for the road ahead. #WarPowersRCLS

warpowers.lawandsecurity.org

Analysis: Trump may authorize strikes against Iran. Can he just do that? | CNN Politics The question being projected by the White House as President Donald Trump mulls an offensive strike against Iran is: Will he or won’t he?

Thanks to @cnn.com and @zbyronwolf.bsky.social ‬for citing to our War Powers Resolution Reporting Project in your coverage of the unfolding events in #Iran.

Explore & interact with the Reiss Center's WPR Project here: warpowers.lawandsecurity.org

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New and timely analysis from our Reiss Center faculty co-director @rgoodlaw.bsky.social, with @stevevladeck.bsky.social, in @justsecurity.org 👇

Top Experts' Backgrounder: Military Action Against Iran and US Domestic Law Experts who advised a president answer basic questions on when action against Iran would be lawful, and what options Congress has to oppose it.

Experts who advised a president answer key questions on when action against #Iran would be lawful, and what options Congress has to oppose it.

By Brian Egan and @tessbridgeman.bsky.social

With news Trump is considering striking Iran, Brian Egan and I break down the legal framework for when the President can use force and how Congress can prevent unlawful wars

The "Unwilling or Unable" Test for Sending Military to Los Angeles It is unlikely that the situation in Los Angeles has met the test of unwilling or unable civilian authorities.

The missing legal argument.

The state of California has not raised a claim in litigation yet on use of Marines/Guard – but it should, writes @rgoodlaw.bsky.social. Indeed, the argument relies on the same sources the DOJ cites.

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YouTube video by Just Security The Situation in Los Angeles and the U.S. Military | Legal and policy implications

Many thanks to our experts @lizagoitein.bsky.social, Mary McCord, @stevevladeck.bsky.social, and @rgoodlaw.bsky.social for their nuanced breakdown of the critical legal questions currently at play in #LosAngeles.

Watch the full discussion here 👇
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Happening now! Tune in to our expert discussion below 👇

The Situation in Los Angeles and the U.S. Military YouTube video by Just Security

With events unfolding in #LosAngeles, join @justsecurity.org and @rcls-nyu.bsky.social to examine legal & policy stakes. With top experts:

@lizagoitein.bsky.social
Mary McCord
@stevevladeck.bsky.social
@rgoodlaw.bsky.social

6/12; 11am; YouTube Live
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Important 🧵 from our @rcls-nyu.bsky.social faculty co-director @rgoodlaw.bsky.social, on the Trump Admin's claims around deploying the National Guard in Los Angeles👇

Read our @rcls-nyu.bsky.social Senior Fellows @tessbridgeman.bsky.social and @becingber.bsky.social, with @scott-roehm.bsky.social, for clarity on wartime authorities & how the #TrumpAdministration is seeking to invoke them.

Michael Schiffer on U.S. assistance to allies to pursue democratic governance, vibrant civil society, & rule of law, and the need to retain this comparative advantage over authoritarian regimes:

Dafna Rand on the need for a strategic approach to personnel & hiring – particularly for embassies – in the State Dept’s reorganization plan:

@ambdanfried.bsky.social on how the pursuit of values and democracy should be considered by the Trump Administration as an American interest:

YouTube video by NYU School of Law What’s Next for U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Assistance?

Video now up!

ICYMI – Watch our expert panel discussion on the proposed reorg of the State Dept w/ @ambdanfried.bsky.social, Dafna Rand, Michael Schiffer, & @mwhanna.crisisgroup.org

Hosts: @rcls-nyu.bsky.social, @justsecurity.org

Some highlights in the 🧵 below:
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