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Ryan Goodman is an American legal scholar who is the Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Professor of Law at NYU School of Law and is the founding co-editor-in-chief of its website Just Security, which focuses on U.S. national security law and policy. Goodman joined the NYU faculty in 2009. .. more
- The President did not have constitutional authority for the Venezuela operation.
- It also violated the "supreme Law of the Land" - UN Charter, which the Senate passed 89-2.
Reposted by Stephen M. Walt
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"I don't understand the tactical or law enforcement advantage of someone on foot in front of a moving, running or occupied vehicle. You're almost inducing a shooting if that person decides to flee."
- Eric Balliet, retired 25-yr agent who oversaw DHS use of force investigations
"Footage also shows officers moving into the potential path of the vehicle ...."
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Excerpt from LA Times Feb. 2014⬇️
www.latimes.com/nation/la-na...
Substack: substack.com/home/post/p-...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=izon...
An initially-secret report for Customs and Border Patrol in 2013 found:
In many vehicle shooting cases, the “driver was attempting to flee from the agents who intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby … creating justification for the use of deadly force.”
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Reposted by Melissa Johnson, David R. Miller, Ann Bartow , and 1 more Melissa Johnson, David R. Miller, Ann Bartow, Ryan Goodman
Reposted by Scott A. Imberman
"The assistant attorney general will not work out of the Justice Department, the vice president said. Instead, the position will be run out of the White House and overseen by President Trump and Vance, he said."
GOP senators voting in favor: Collins, Hawley, Murkowski, Paul, and Young.
Senators Daines did not vote.
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War Powers Resolution advances Senate 52-47
Text of bill: www.kaine.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
Background reading: www.justsecurity.org/128211/congr...
Reposted by Kim L. Scheppele, Jacob T. Levy, Ryan Goodman
GOP senators voting in favor: Collins, Hawley, Murkowski, Paul, and Young.
Senators Daines did not vote.
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
Reposted by Kim L. Scheppele
"The driver ... waves for other [vehicles] to go ahead"
"The agent is not being run over. In fact, his feet are positioned away from the SUV"
"Agents blocked...a physician" from providing medical care.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Q:
What about the Panama "precedent" as a matter of constitutional law. Didn't President George Bush engage in a similar action to capture Noriega without congressional authorization?
A:
Yes. That was illegal then as it is now.
Also key differences:
"As supreme Law of the Land, it would require an act of Congress to supersede the UN Charter (the so-called “last in time rule”). In other words, it is Congress’ prerogative. The President cannot do so alone."
US Intercepts Russian Tanker in Atlantic
"The US has launched an operation to seize a Russian tanker in the north Atlantic."
www.ft.com/content/fce8...
Reposted by Ryan Goodman
I've read/coded every WPR report and used to work on them in the White House. (See this searchable database & graphics warpowers.lawandsecurity.org/%F0%9F%91%87)
Here's what stands out about this one🧵:
Joint Statement by Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Durbin
"President Trump and Secretary Rubio have stated that this was a law enforcement operation that was made at the" DOJ, FBI, and DEA.
“There is no legitimate basis for excluding the Senate Judiciary Committee."
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Congress should ask administration whether they knew in advance that the Venezuela operation would involve lethal force against dozens of Cuban military/interior ministry forces.⤵️
(A question concerning "war in the constitutional sense," as the Office of Legal Counsel might put it.)
"I will remind everyone of Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, which is – as we have in the past – which is a nation’s inherent right to self-defense."
usun.usmission.gov/u-s-represen...
Reposted by Steve Peers, Holger Hestermeyer
- No reference to UN Charter legal justification
- Claims Panama as precedent (which the UN condemned)
- Energy reserves ⤵️ as justification is illegal
- Sharp contrast with US Ambassador Pickering presentation in 1989
"I remain deeply concerned that rules of international law have not been respected with regard to the 3 January military action. The Charter enshrines the prohibition of the threat or use of force."
Reposted by Ryan Goodman
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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