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Jonathan Hafetz @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social · 1d

Important statement by @nycbarassociation.bsky.social on unlawful U.S. attacks on Venezuelan vessels. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

Unlawful Attacks on Venezuelan Vessels | New York City Bar Association

Congress must act promptly, as pending legislation proposes, to make clear to the President and the nation that the President’s threat of similar attacks on Venezuelan vessels (and on Venezuela itself...

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 21d

Few companies rely on—and benefit from—our constitutional freedoms as much as media empires like Disney and Paramount. It’s astonishing to see them trading away their freedoms and ours for short-term profits.

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Jonathan Hafetz @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social · 22d

To kick off Season 4 of Law on Film podcast, Professor Steve Koh @bulaw.bsky.social joins me for "The Godfather," a masterpiece of crime & power. Listen as we discuss how the film explores themes of justice, loyalty, corruption, and the blurred lines between family & law:
www.lawonfilm.com/godfather

Ep 48: The Godfather — Law on Film

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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · Aug 13

As we are about to start the new school year, it's exciting to see all the forthcoming scholarship by my fantastic Seton Hall Law colleagues! Read more about it: law.shu.edu/news/seton-h...

A poster with a blue background with photos of faculty members from Seton Hall and their forthcoming scholarship. You can read the actual names of the pieces here: https://law.shu.edu/news/seton-hall-law-facultys-latest-scholarship-makes-an-impact.html

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Jonathan Hafetz @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social · Aug 12

I'm honored to be joined by @omerbartov.bsky.social‬ and ‪@lisahajjar.bsky.social‬ for a discussion of the Oscar-award-winning Palestinian-Israeli documentary "No Other Land" on the latest episode of my Law on Film podcast.
Listen here:
www.buzzsprout.com/2073468/epis...

No Other Land (2024) (Palestinian-Israeli) (Guests: Omer Bartov & Lisa Hajjar) - Law on Film

No Other Land (2024) is the Oscar-winning documentary that shows the brutal destruction of a Palestinian community in the occupied West Bank. Recorded between 2019 to 2023, the film tells the story of...

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Jonathan Hafetz @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social · Aug 1

Wonderful to participate in @icon-s.bsky.social in Brasilia

Jonathan Hafetz @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social · Jul 22

Jut out on Law on Film podcast: The truly great historical-legal drama, "The Return of Martin Guerre".
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The Return of Martin Guerre (1982) (France) (Guest: Joseph Dellapenna) (episode 46) - Law on Film

The Return of Martin Guerre is a 1982 French historical drama directed by Daniel Vigne and staring Gerard Depardieu. The film describes the historical case of Martin Guerre who leaves his young wife B...

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Jonathan Hafetz @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social · Jul 22

My latest article, "Digital Information Technologies and International Humanitarian Law: New Challenges and Opportunities" is now out in the Denv. J. Int'l L. & Policy. Thanks again to all those who offered helpful feedback along the way
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'Digital Information Technologies and International Humanitarian Law: New Opportunities and Challenges'

Digital technologies are transforming the nature and role of information during armed conflict. They have exponentially increased the amount of information abou

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Dr Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · Jul 15

I talk about these sites in an episode of Law on Film, @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social's excellent & informative podcast about #law in the movies. #genocide #Cambodia www.buzzsprout.com/2073468/epis...

First They Killed My Father (2017) and The Gate (2014) (Guest: Melanie O'Brien) (episode 37) - Law on Film

This episode looks at two films about the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s: First They Killed My Father (dir. Angelina Jolie), and The Gate (or Les Temps des Aveux) (dir. Régis Wargnier). First They Ki...

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Jonathan Hafetz @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social · Jul 9

Honored to give the keynote address tomorrow to the Ilustre y Nacional Colegio de Abogados de Mexico, on "International Criminal Law and the Global Pursuit of Justice: Challenges and Imperatives in the 21st Century"
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«International Criminal Law and the Global Pursuit of Justice: Challenges and Imperatives in the 21st Century»

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Jonathan Hafetz @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social · Jul 1

Honored to have Aziz Huq @uchicagolaw.bsky.social join me on Law on Film podcast to discuss Bernardo Bertolucci's "The Conformist" and why this masterpiece about fascism is as timely now as ever.
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Jonathan Hafetz @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social · Jun 20

I look forward to moderating this upcoming webinar on June 23 for the International Bar Association @ibaevents.bsky.social on global migration and the challenge for international human rights and refugee law. More information and registration here:
www.ibanet.org/conference-d...

Global migration and the challenge for international human rights and refugee law | International Bar Association

A webinar presented by the IBA Human Rights Law Committee and supported by the IBA Immigration and Nationality Law Committee This webinar will look at the current challenges to the protections of refu...

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Jonathan Hafetz @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social · Jun 10

Great to have my former law school classmate and longtime friend @markntempleton.bsky.social‬ on my Law on Film podcast to talk about "Dark Waters" and the prospects for environmental justice in America.
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Dark Waters (2019) (Guest: Mark Templeton) (episode 44) - Law on Film

Dark Waters (2019), directed by Todd Haynes, tells the real-life story of how a lawyer, Rob Bilott (Mark Ruffalo), waged a twenty-year battle to hold the DuPont corporation accountable for contaminati...

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · Jun 10

With the help of colleagues @tylermcbrien.com & @annahickey.lawfaremedia.org of @lawfaremedia.org , I compiled this interactive table of the state of play of litigation over Trump's Alien Enemies Act proclamation. Lemme know if you see errors.
lawfaremedia.org/alienenemiestable

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Jonathan Hafetz @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social · May 24

It was an honor participating in a panel addressing national security and immigration issues, and the current threats to the Constitution @lawandsociety.bsky.social in Chicago, with @akalhan.bsky.social, @pmargs.bsky.social, @nicolehallett.bsky.social, Eunice Lee, Arianna Vedaschi, Chiara Graziani,

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Jonathan Hafetz @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social · May 22

The Boss will not back down: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/a...

Springsteen Releases EP Including Remarks That Angered Trump

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Jonathan Hafetz @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social · May 22

The continued delay merely to grant the bail application has such a chilling effect on speech, on top of furthering the cruelty.

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Jonathan Hafetz @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social · May 21

I wrote this basic guide years ago to correct some misperceptions surrounding habeas corpus. I'm glad I now have an audience.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Ten Things You Should Know About Habeas Corpus

During wartime, does the president of the United States have to abide by the Constitution and be subject to oversight by Congress and the judicial branch? Or, is the president above the law, answering...

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Jonathan Hafetz @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social · May 20

True. There is, sadly, a great body of literature that gives perspective to the terrifying moment that always seems on the precipice of something worse

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Jonathan Hafetz @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social · May 20

Victor Navasky's "Naming Names" should be next book everyone reads.

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Jonathan Hafetz @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social · May 20

On the new episode of Law on Film podcast, Professor Naoko Akimoto of Rikkyo University in Tokyo joins me to discuss the movie, "I Just Didn't Do It," and issues around criminal trials in Japan.
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I Just Didn't Do It (2007) (Guest: Naoko Akimoto) (episode 43) - Law on Film

This episode examines I Just Didn’t Do It, a 2007 Japanese film written and directed by Masayuki Suo. In the film, 26-year-old Teppei Kaneko (played by Ryo Kase) is traveling to a job interview on a p...

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · May 18

Trump is waging "the gravest assault on free speech since at least the McCarthy era," as @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social says--but it's the failure of so many powerful institutions to fight back that's even more ominous for our democracy. www.ibanet.org/Trumps-assau...

Trump’s assault on the First Amendment

The Trump administration has executed a wide-ranging crackdown on freedom of speech by targeting student protestors, lawyers and the press.

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Jonathan Hafetz @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social · May 10

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Jonathan Hafetz @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social · May 10

(2) an escalation of the deepening conflict between Trump and the federal courts.

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Jonathan Hafetz @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social · May 10

Most importantly, suspensions ARE judicially reviewable. So the two main effects of any attempt by Trump to suspend habeas will be: (1) more losses in court for Trump (adding to his string of defeats in Alien Enemies Act cases and attempted deportations for First Amendment protected activities); and

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