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Conor O'Mahony

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Dean of the School of Law, University College Cork. Teaching and researching constitutional law and children's rights. Father of two. Sports fan. Hillwalker and cyclist. https://research.ucc.ie/profiles/B012/[email protected]

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Conor O'Mahony @conorom.bsky.social · Nov 17

Trying to (re)build my following a bit before abandoning the other place entirely, so I'm going to post a few samples of my work to show what I'm about. Hopefully this will make connections with others with similar interests.

First up: constitutional protection of children's rights.

Cover page of 2019 article in Human Rights Law Review

Cover page of article currently in press with the International Journal of Constitutional Law

Cover page of 2008 article in Public Law

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 23h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 2d

Since Israel signed a ceasefire deal with Lebanon, Israel has:

- killed 280 people
- wounded 625 people
- violated the agreement around 4,500 times

That’s in under a year

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 3d

If a federal judge, appointed by Trump, can call him “simply untethered to facts,” our White House press corps can as well.

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In sum, the President is certainly entitled "a great level of deference," Newsom II, 141
F.4th at 1048, in his determination that he "is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws
of the United States." 10 U.S.C. § 12406(3). But "a great level of deference" is not equivalent to
ignoring the facts on the ground. As the Ninth Circuit articulated, courts must "review the
President's determination to ensure that it reflects a colorable assessment of the facts and law
PAGE 22 - OPINION AND ORDER
Case 3:25-cv-01756-IM Document 56
Filed 10/04/25
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within a 'range of honest judgment.'" Id. at 1051 (quoting Sterling, 278 U.S. at 399). Here, this
Court concludes that the President did not have a "colorable basis" to invoke § 12406(3) to
federalize the National Guard because the situation on the ground belied an inability of federal
law enforcement officers to execute federal law. Id. at 1051-52. The President's determination
was simply untethered to the facts.
c. Whether there is a Rebellion or Danger of Rebellion
Defendants also aroue that the Sentember 28 2025 federalization order is authorized

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Eric Segall @espinsegall.bsky.social · 3d

Trump Judge says the President’s version of the facts in Portland was not tethered to reality, and that the sending of National Guard troops there violated Oregon’s sovereignty and the 10th Amendment citing all kinds of historical sources. A…Trump….Judge. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 4d

MSF staff are universally understood to be engaged in an essentially sacred form of work. For a state to nonetheless continuously murder them is a testament to a truly unthinkable degree of depravity.

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This morning, an attack carried out by Israeli forces killed Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff member, Omar Hayek, and seriously injured four others. The attack took place on a street where our teams were waiting to take a bus to the MSF field hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza.

All staff were wearing MSF vests, clearly identifying them as medical humanitarian workers.
We express deep sorrow and outrage over the killing, which occurs less than two weeks after another MSF colleague, Hussein Alnajjar, was killed by the Israeli forces, in Deir Al Balah.

Our thoughts are with Omar’s family and colleagues at this tragic time. Omar, 42 years old, is the fourteenth MSF colleague to be killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023.

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Conor O'Mahony @conorom.bsky.social · 5d

Don was a real-life hero who had a staggering impact on the lives of countless young people who had been let down by other adults in their lives. His work was a living illustration of the vindication of children's rights. He fought the good fight. RIP.
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Don O'Leary, former director of Cork Life Centre, dies aged 68

Mr O'Leary, who was a former member of Cork City Council, had been diagnosed with lung cancer in 2021.

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Conor O'Mahony @conorom.bsky.social · 5d

Terribly sad to hear about Manchán Magan's death. I went to his "Arán agus ím" show a couple of years ago. It was completely unique - just like the man himself. The saying "ní beidh a leithéid arís ann" seems especially apt.

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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 5d

A massive loss to us all. His care for and wonder at both nature and the Irish language was a great gift that he shared with us all

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 5d

The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed

Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55

The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.

www.rte.ie

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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 8d

when will people realize that the supreme court is giving trump everything he wants - and more? slate.com/news-and-pol...

The Supreme Court Just Rewrote the Constitution to Give Trump Terrifying New Powers

The conservative supermajority's lawless shadow docket decision let the president unilaterally cancel $4 billion in foreign aid.

slate.com

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Conor O'Mahony @conorom.bsky.social · 9d

Now that's a policy I can get behind

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Conor O'Mahony @conorom.bsky.social · 13d

My latest article, published in the International Journal of Constitutional Law, pulls together themes that I have been working on for alnost 25 years.

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Why children should have constitutional rights of their own

Abstract. Although children’s rights have in recent years moved from the fringes to the mainstream in international law, there is not yet a consensus on ho

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Conn Donovan @conndonovan.bsky.social · 14d

The Straight Road cycle lane is awful and leaves people stranded while trying to cross a busy road.

Meanwhile, the same road (N22) has light segregation, an inner kerb, and a toucan x'ing a few km away.

Please sign this petition to call for safer cycling to Bcollig.

chng.it/FqrR59rysZ

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Conor O'Mahony @conorom.bsky.social · 13d

My latest article, published in the International Journal of Constitutional Law, pulls together themes that I have been working on for alnost 25 years.

academic.oup.com/icon/advance...

Why children should have constitutional rights of their own

Abstract. Although children’s rights have in recent years moved from the fringes to the mainstream in international law, there is not yet a consensus on ho

academic.oup.com

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Conor O'Mahony @conorom.bsky.social · 13d

Had a lovely evening in Brussels yesterday at the UCC School of Law Brussels Alumni and Friends reception. Great to see our alumni doing fantastic work in a wide variety of roles. Special thanks to Commissioner Michael McGrath for accepting our invitation to be the guest speaker.

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Mike McGrath-Bryan @mikemcgb.bsky.social · 14d

Do you (have to) use LinkedIn? Want out of their AI model-training bollocksology?

Opt out here, h/t to @lizcarolan.com:

www.linkedin.com/mypreference...

#spéirghorm #ireland #linkedin #notoai

LinkedIn Login, Sign in | LinkedIn

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School of Law, UCC @lawucc.bsky.social · 15d

UCC School of Law invites you to join visiting scholar Beverley Clough on Thursday, 25th September, 12-2pm at the Shtepps, The Hub

More info & RSVP here:

www.ucc.ie/en/ccjhr/new...

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Conor O'Mahony @conorom.bsky.social · 15d

They're also incredibly efficient in era of ever-spiralling student numbers coupled with ever-declining university resourcing. And they put the onus on students to become indepdent learners after being pointed in the right direction.

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 18d

this exists it is called thinking

Matthew McConaughey says he wants a private LLM, fed only with his books, notes, journals, and aspirations, so he can ask it questions and get answers based solely on that information, without any outside influence.

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 21d

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21d

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 21d

SORRY, YOU'LL FORGIVE ME FOR ASKING, BUT HAVE WE ALL OF A SUDDEN DECIDED THAT IT IS WRONG TO COLLECTIVELY PUNISH A CIVILIAN POPULATION FOR THE ACTIONS OF A BODY THAT CLAIMS TO SPEAK AND ACT ON THEIR BEHALF?

Kallas suggested she did not support attempts to exclude Israel from Eurovision, after Spain became the latest country to say it would boycott the song contest if Israel took part.

Asked about the issue, she said EU measures were intended to put pressure on the Israeli government to change course on Gaza, not to punish Israel or the Israeli people.

“All these steps that go to the direction of punishing Israeli people, I think are wrong and we are not really proposing them,” she said.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 22d

When journalism was cool. And risked everything to challenge power.

Robert Redford on the phone, plus Dustin Hoffman. From All the President’s Men

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 23d

BREAKING: Al-Ghafri Tower, currently the highest building in Gaza City, was just bombed and levelled to the ground by Israeli warplanes.

This is part of Israel's efforts to ethnically cleanse the entire population of the city and forcibly remove them to southern Gaza

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 23d

Just reviewed my first paper that cites an entirely hallucinated paper I had apparently written 😬

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Conor O'Mahony @conorom.bsky.social · 25d

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