How I miss the Insightful Empathetic Inclusive Principled Ethical Transparent Articulate and Humanistic leadership of George Bush.

Immunity from what? Iranian military, just like US's, have combat immunity. They can't be prosecuted for lawful acts of war. As for their crimes against humanity against protestors, the US's power to prosecute them is questionable and Trump's inability to grant them immunity is clear.

What is Trump's Board of Peace doing about Trump's aggression against Iran?

Yes, but the Constitution doesn't define war, and since war against other countries is an international matter rather than a purley domestic one, I'd still like to know why "war in the constitutional sense" is different than "war in the international law sense."

I happen to agree with you, Marty, but would like to know your reasons.

“Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?”

American Branch Webinars - ABILA

You might be interested in this American Branch of the International Law Association webinar I hosted with four of the world's most expert experts on the future of the international law of armed conflict www.ila-americanbranch.org/webinars/

Minnesota ICE Enforcement: Alleged Constitutional Violations The ACLU and partners sued over alleged racial profiling and unlawful arrests in Minnesota. Read sworn declarations and case details.

The big story isn't even that the Trump administration is subjecting us to a reign of terror. It's that the rest of our state and federal governments are either unwilling or unable to do anything about it. No more debating "are we in a constitutional crisis?"

www.justsecurity.org/130745/minne...

The National Security Strategy and the Maduro Operation: A Coherent Mess As framed by the NSS, the Maduro raid trades international law for a retro-imperialist and ethno-nationalist agenda.

Trump administration's National Security Strategy dumps international law in favor of imperialism and white supremacy.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Scholars' Circle - Impact of the US attack on Venezuela - January 11, 2026 What is the impact of the US invading Venezuela and kidnapping its president and first lady? How might it affect international law, regional security and the American reputation? President Trump has ...

Honored to have been invited to participate in this Scholar's Circle radio program on the legality of US attacks on Venezuela:

scholarscircle.org/scholars-cir...

YouTube video by NBC News DOJ launches criminal investigation into Gov. Walz and Mayor Frey

Governors/local authorities need to go on offense now that DoJ is criminally investigating them. Why is no one talking about arresting ICE/CBP agents who break into houses without warrants, detain people because of their accents or skin color, and assault peaceful protestors?
youtu.be/a1mw_A_roWA

"The U.N. Charter’s restrictions on the use of force have never functioned as binding legal constraints on presidential decision-making," he says. Not even U.S. Constitution, Article VI, Clause 2 (Treaties are "Supreme Law of the Land")? What am I missing?

Trump’s quest for Greenland could be NATO’s darkest hour If the United States intervenes to seize Greenland the future of NATO would be at stake. Such a development would be contrary to US national interests.

NATO was designed to stop Russian aggression, but now it appears the threat to the alliance is "coming from inside the house."
www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/t...

Video shows moment ICE officer fatally shoots woman in Minneapolis | CNN Video taken by a witness shows the moment an ICE officer fatally shot a woman in a vehicle in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

DHS says she was a part of a violent protest, attempting to kill a federal agent. Kinda like how according to Trumpian doctrine, the 1/6 videos show a peaceful protest - a day of love - at the US Capitol.

cnn.com/2026/01/07/us/video/ice-shooting-minneapolis-digvid

While dripping with incoherence, hypocrisy, and pedantic empty calories, there is one throughline in the Trump administration's National Security Strategy: white nationalist supremacy.

www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

Does the United States Still Oppose Torture? The U.S. voted against the UNGA's torture resolution, breaking decades of consensus and raising questions about its human rights stance.

Would have been unthinkable before it happened-just one of a thousand bits of evidence that the architecture of what America has long thought of itself is rapidly imploding. 

www.justsecurity.org/126649/does-...

Opinion | Hegseth Under Scrutiny in Lethal Boat Strikes

My letter in the NY Times, clarifying that the drug boat attacks are not war crimes, but they are murder.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...

Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.

No, it's not a war crime because it's not a war. It's murder for Hegseth and whoever followed his orders that there be no survivors.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Federal agency sues Penn, alleges Univ. withheld information in antisemitism investigation In a response to the suit, Penn wrote that it has “cooperated extensively with the EEOC, providing over 100 documents, totaling nearly 900 pages.”

This is how atrocities start in bureaucratic states. With lists. First, name all your Jews so we can investigate antisemitism. Next Muslims? Trans? "Radicals" who remind the military that they must disobey unlawful orders?
www.thedp.com/article/2025...

Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault

The beauty of the sandwich guy's acquittal is not that he's not guilty of assault. It's that he's guilty and was acquitted anyway. When the jury knows you're guilty but ignores the judge's instructions to make a point it's called jury nullification - a rare thing.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

Democrats Raise Concerns After Trump Administration Briefing on Boat Strikes

Secret facts? Ok, but we're pretty far down the fascist rabbit hole once no one any longer blinks at secret law:
"Pressed by lawmakers, the White House recently shared a classified memo with Congress that outlined the legal argument defending the operations."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...

Yes, Dick Van Dyke has outlived Dick Cheney. Alas, Mary Tyler Moore has not.

Republicans Have Found A Dubious Place To Blame For Charlie Kirk's Shooting There is no clear motive connected to the suspect, Tyler Robinson, 22.

Looks like academia is about to experience an uptick on the pogrom meter because Tyler Robinson spent a semester in college.

www.huffpost.com/entry/republ...

Israel attacks Hamas leaders in Qatar, Trump says he's 'very unhappy' about strike Hamas said five of its members had been killed in the attack.

Can you think of anything more indicative of disinterest in peace than attacking the negotiators in a neutral country hosting peace talks?

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

'The Trump Administration’s War on the Laws of War.' I examine recent US approaches to international humanitarian law and the "concerted effort to unravel some of the most significant and hard-won threads of the international legal order."

Read here: www.ila-americanbranch.org/the-trump-ad...

Trump Says He Will Meet With Putin in Alaska Next Week

If Putin comes to the US and is not arrested, we will be violating Geneva Conventions obligations to search for and try or extradite for trial persons suspected of having committed "grave breaches" of the Conventions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...

Judge Bars Trump Administration From Punishing 2 Law Professors for I.C.C. Work

There's still some hope in the courts:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...

In conclusion, the reason for deploying National Guard and U.S. Marines was to pressure L.A. cops to use excessive force against peaceful protestors to prevent them from getting near the National Guard and Marines.

NYU withholds diploma of student who used commencement speech to address Israel-Hamas war The university said the student “lied about the speech he was going to deliver and violated the commitment he made to comply with our rules.”

Whoever's responsible for saying the student was wrong to express "one sided views" should be fired 'cause that's saying the quiet part out loud. On second thought, everyone at NYU responsible for withholding his diploma should be fired. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Israel’s far-right security minister to visit Yale day after Mar-a-Lago dinner Itamar Ben-Gvir, who has past convictions for supporting terrorism, attended fundraiser at Trump’s resort

While students are being targeted for protesting Israeli war crimes, check out the warm welcome at Mar-a-Lago, Yale U, and in the fund-raising salons of NYC's Upper East Side for an Israeli official actually convicted of terrorism charges:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...