Gregory Shaffer
@gregorycshaffer.bsky.social
Past President of the American Society of International Law. Author of Emerging Powers and the World Trading System (CUP), and The Rule of Law under Pressure: A Transnational Challenge (CUP)
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The Rule of Law under Pressure
Cambridge Core - Public International Law - The Rule of Law under Pressure
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My first post on Bluesky. Our book The Rule of Law under Pressure: A Transnational Challenge is out, open access & in paperback with Cambridge: cambridge.org/core/books/r... @cambridgeup.bsky.social @tomginsburg.bsky.social @kimlanelaw.bsky.social @rdanielkelemen.bsky.social An important time!
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I imagine everyone of dreaded Boomer era has similar story:
-My uncle fought in Battle of Bulge, vs Nazis
-My future father-in-law was in submarine, vs Nazis
-My dad was in training as Navy doctor, to fight Nazis
Now MAGA/Trump/Hegseth: "Who are we to judge?"
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
-My uncle fought in Battle of Bulge, vs Nazis
-My future father-in-law was in submarine, vs Nazis
-My dad was in training as Navy doctor, to fight Nazis
Now MAGA/Trump/Hegseth: "Who are we to judge?"
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I imagine everyone of dreaded Boomer era has similar story:
-My uncle fought in Battle of Bulge, vs Nazis
-My future father-in-law was in submarine, vs Nazis
-My dad was in training as Navy doctor, to fight Nazis
Now MAGA/Trump/Hegseth: "Who are we to judge?"
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
-My uncle fought in Battle of Bulge, vs Nazis
-My future father-in-law was in submarine, vs Nazis
-My dad was in training as Navy doctor, to fight Nazis
Now MAGA/Trump/Hegseth: "Who are we to judge?"
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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"I sing of a new American...
I have been enslaved, yet my spirit is unbound.
I have been cast aside, but I sparkle in the darkness.
I have been slain but live on in the river of history."
-- Pauli Murray, Nov 20 - 1910 - July 1, 1985
The Trump regime wants to erase Pauli's legacy. Don't let them.
I have been enslaved, yet my spirit is unbound.
I have been cast aside, but I sparkle in the darkness.
I have been slain but live on in the river of history."
-- Pauli Murray, Nov 20 - 1910 - July 1, 1985
The Trump regime wants to erase Pauli's legacy. Don't let them.
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"I sing of a new American...
I have been enslaved, yet my spirit is unbound.
I have been cast aside, but I sparkle in the darkness.
I have been slain but live on in the river of history."
-- Pauli Murray, Nov 20 - 1910 - July 1, 1985
The Trump regime wants to erase Pauli's legacy. Don't let them.
I have been enslaved, yet my spirit is unbound.
I have been cast aside, but I sparkle in the darkness.
I have been slain but live on in the river of history."
-- Pauli Murray, Nov 20 - 1910 - July 1, 1985
The Trump regime wants to erase Pauli's legacy. Don't let them.
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if the president calling for the death of members of congress isn't enough for the mainstream media to figure out how to cover this dangerous, anti-democratic, violent person, i am not sure what is.
November 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
if the president calling for the death of members of congress isn't enough for the mainstream media to figure out how to cover this dangerous, anti-democratic, violent person, i am not sure what is.
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“If the president can do whatever the president wants with respect to tariff rates based on declaring a national emergency and national emergencies are nonreviewable, then basically, Congress no longer has a role to play," @gregorycshaffer.bsky.social told @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social.
Early next month, President Donald Trump’s one-man international trade war will face scrutiny from the Supreme Court in a pivotal moment for the future of democratic governance in the United States. @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/major-questi...
Major questions dog Trump tariff war as SCOTUS wades in
The Supreme Court’s decision regarding President Donald Trump’s ability to impose global tariffs will have massive implications for the international economy and the U.S. system of checks and balances...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“If the president can do whatever the president wants with respect to tariff rates based on declaring a national emergency and national emergencies are nonreviewable, then basically, Congress no longer has a role to play," @gregorycshaffer.bsky.social told @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social.
A powerful address of @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social It is important for all law students and those in the academy, and indeed for everyone, given at the graduate students luncheon at this year's meeting of LSA in Chicago @lawandsociety.bsky.social. Pass it on: www.lawandsociety.org/2025/08/06/l...
LSA 2025 Graduate Student & Early Career Workshop: Keynote Address with Michele Goodwin - Law and Society Association
Georgetown Law Professor Michele Goodwin gave a keynote address at the LSA2025 Graduate Student Early Career Workshop in Chicago.
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August 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A powerful address of @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social It is important for all law students and those in the academy, and indeed for everyone, given at the graduate students luncheon at this year's meeting of LSA in Chicago @lawandsociety.bsky.social. Pass it on: www.lawandsociety.org/2025/08/06/l...
a very powerful address
An excerpt of @georgetownlaw.bsky.social Professor @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social’s 2025 LSA Presidential Address is now available online!
Watch an excerpt of “To be a Citizen: What it Means to be a Person” here: bit.ly/lsa25presaddress
Watch an excerpt of “To be a Citizen: What it Means to be a Person” here: bit.ly/lsa25presaddress
August 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
a very powerful address
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Gaza Hospitals Report 15 Starvation Deaths in 24 Hours, Hunger-related Deaths Up to 101
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Gaza hospitals report 15 starvation deaths in 24 hours, hunger-related deaths up to 101
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www.haaretz.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Gaza Hospitals Report 15 Starvation Deaths in 24 Hours, Hunger-related Deaths Up to 101
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Nothing sinister about this
President Trump, using AI images of President Obama and various Obama administration officials, targets them for arrest and prosecution, and for some reason focuses on Samantha Power.
July 21, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Nothing sinister about this
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Dozens of Palestinians were killed across Gaza on Sunday as they tried to get food aid, according to local health authorities, one of the deadliest days in recent months for those seeking assistance.
By Joe Hernandez, @danielestrin.bsky.social and Anas Baba
By Joe Hernandez, @danielestrin.bsky.social and Anas Baba
Nearly 100 people killed seeking aid in Gaza on Sunday, Palestinian officials say
Dozens of Palestinians were killed across Gaza on Sunday as they tried to get food aid, according to local health authorities, one of the deadliest days in recent months for those seeking assistance.
n.pr
July 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Dozens of Palestinians were killed across Gaza on Sunday as they tried to get food aid, according to local health authorities, one of the deadliest days in recent months for those seeking assistance.
By Joe Hernandez, @danielestrin.bsky.social and Anas Baba
By Joe Hernandez, @danielestrin.bsky.social and Anas Baba
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Remember: The internet is written in indelible ink.
July 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Remember: The internet is written in indelible ink.
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This seems like a notable sign of how the energy on the young US right is in a very different place when it comes to Israel-Palestine than older Republicans are: www.timesofisrael.com/in-sign-of-s...
In sign of shift, far-right US network airs segment on unchecked settler violence
Arab reports say settlers killed 117 heads of livestock, stole 400 from Bedouin community in West Bank; IDF disperses Palestinians protesting illegal outpost
www.timesofisrael.com
July 19, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This seems like a notable sign of how the energy on the young US right is in a very different place when it comes to Israel-Palestine than older Republicans are: www.timesofisrael.com/in-sign-of-s...
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I don’t know of a single democracy where the enforcers are masked and unidentified in the course of their regular law enforcement work and the lawyers who defend them in court are also unidentified.
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reason.com/2025/07/17/a...
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July 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I don’t know of a single democracy where the enforcers are masked and unidentified in the course of their regular law enforcement work and the lawyers who defend them in court are also unidentified.
reason.com/2025/07/17/a...
reason.com/2025/07/17/a...
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Also, again, they're wildly illegal under both the domestic laws supposedly justifying them, as well as a host of international treaty obligations that are also part of US code.
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The sloppiness of the tariff letters is a measure of the White House's lack of interest in economics and disrespect to our trading partners. It's literally impossible to read these letters and know what the tariff rate is.
July 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Also, again, they're wildly illegal under both the domestic laws supposedly justifying them, as well as a host of international treaty obligations that are also part of US code.
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Do Check it out. It is in paperback at a reasonable price and available online Open Access on the CUP website.
"Offers valuable new conceptual and empirical analysis of the rule of law and the understudied relationship between rule-of-law dynamics at the national and transnational levels."
The Rule of Law under Pressure eds. @gregorycshaffer.bsky.social & Wayne Sandholtz
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The Rule of Law under Pressure eds. @gregorycshaffer.bsky.social & Wayne Sandholtz
#OpenAccess
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The Rule of Law under Pressure
Cambridge Core - Socio-Legal Studies - The Rule of Law under Pressure
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March 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Do Check it out. It is in paperback at a reasonable price and available online Open Access on the CUP website.
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Trump’s retaliation against law firms is having its predictable chilling effect. Punishing law firms for representing clients the president dislikes infringes on the 6th Amendment right to counsel of one’s choice and the 1st Amendment right to free association.
Fear of Trump Has Elite Law Firms in Retreat
Many big corporate law firms are declining to help with public criticism and legal opposition to the second Trump administration, in the wake of executive orders punishing law firms with Democratic…
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March 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Trump’s retaliation against law firms is having its predictable chilling effect. Punishing law firms for representing clients the president dislikes infringes on the 6th Amendment right to counsel of one’s choice and the 1st Amendment right to free association.
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The Chief Justice and destruction of voting rights.
www.vox.com/21211880/sup...
www.vox.com/21211880/sup...
Chief Justice Roberts’s lifelong crusade against voting rights, explained
He has fought to undermine voting rights his entire career.
www.vox.com
March 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The Chief Justice and destruction of voting rights.
www.vox.com/21211880/sup...
www.vox.com/21211880/sup...
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Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
"It has been this way for a long time."
"It has been this way for a long time."
This is a very important story. It is also important to understand that this is how ICE operates. They disappear people. Family members and lawyers often cannot get information from ICE about where inmates are located and they cannot contact them. It has been this way for a long time.
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
March 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
"It has been this way for a long time."
"It has been this way for a long time."
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👇🎯💯 Yes, this is the only way 🇪🇺 can finance these things, or challenge the dollar. Anyone who tells you otherwise is fantasizing about 🇩🇪/🇪🇺 tolerance for national-level debt or pretending that 🇩🇪/🇪🇺 can achieve these goals without major economic policy change.
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Well, as America implodes from within, it’d be a *great* time for the EU to finally do official Eurobonds. It’d likely be very attractive as a safe haven given the destruction of US hegemony & spillover to US T-bills. Bonus: Eurobonds can finance a desperately needed European security build up! 🇪🇺💶 ‼️
February 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
👇🎯💯 Yes, this is the only way 🇪🇺 can finance these things, or challenge the dollar. Anyone who tells you otherwise is fantasizing about 🇩🇪/🇪🇺 tolerance for national-level debt or pretending that 🇩🇪/🇪🇺 can achieve these goals without major economic policy change.
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He aims to leave up to his name -- Don.
The rush (and the need) to get all these names/have everyone on the record? Methods tried and tested by Stalin and the Mafia: Make everyone complicit.
Support Pours in for President Trump, VP Vance’s America First Strength
Today, President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance made clear to the world that the United States will not be taken advantage of — a sentiment
www.whitehouse.gov
March 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
He aims to leave up to his name -- Don.
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The rush (and the need) to get all these names/have everyone on the record? Methods tried and tested by Stalin and the Mafia: Make everyone complicit.
Support Pours in for President Trump, VP Vance’s America First Strength
Today, President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance made clear to the world that the United States will not be taken advantage of — a sentiment
www.whitehouse.gov
February 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The rush (and the need) to get all these names/have everyone on the record? Methods tried and tested by Stalin and the Mafia: Make everyone complicit.
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Hey look, <yet another> rich democracy has counted all of its votes in 24 hours, all parties (yes also the far right) have accepted the results of the election, there are no lawsuits & is no political violence, & everyone is going about their business on a normal day 🇩🇪
We, too, could have that in 🇺🇸
We, too, could have that in 🇺🇸
Bundestagswahl • Vorläufiges Ergebnis:
➤ Das Wahlergebnis im Detail (mit Änderungen im Vergleich zur Bundestagswahl 2021): www.wahlrecht.de/news/2025/bu...
➤ Wahlbeteiligung: 82,5 % (+6,2)
(die höchste im wiedervereinigten Deutschland):
www.wahlrecht.de/news/2025/bu...
➤ Das Wahlergebnis im Detail (mit Änderungen im Vergleich zur Bundestagswahl 2021): www.wahlrecht.de/news/2025/bu...
➤ Wahlbeteiligung: 82,5 % (+6,2)
(die höchste im wiedervereinigten Deutschland):
www.wahlrecht.de/news/2025/bu...
February 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Hey look, <yet another> rich democracy has counted all of its votes in 24 hours, all parties (yes also the far right) have accepted the results of the election, there are no lawsuits & is no political violence, & everyone is going about their business on a normal day 🇩🇪
We, too, could have that in 🇺🇸
We, too, could have that in 🇺🇸
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@stevevladeck.bsky.social on the ominous removal of the judge advocates general by the Trump administration. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Let’s fire all the lawyers
The ominous removal of the judge advocates general by the Trump administration.
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February 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
@stevevladeck.bsky.social on the ominous removal of the judge advocates general by the Trump administration. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Shame on the US & Israel. UN general assembly backs resolution condemning Russia for Ukraine war
US, Israel, Russia, Belarus and North Korea vote against resolution as 93 countries vote in favor. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
US, Israel, Russia, Belarus and North Korea vote against resolution as 93 countries vote in favor. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
UN general assembly backs resolution condemning Russia for Ukraine war
US, Russia, Belarus and North Korea vote against resolution as 93 countries vote in favor, spurning rival US resolution
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Shame on the US & Israel. UN general assembly backs resolution condemning Russia for Ukraine war
US, Israel, Russia, Belarus and North Korea vote against resolution as 93 countries vote in favor. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
US, Israel, Russia, Belarus and North Korea vote against resolution as 93 countries vote in favor. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...