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Reiss Center on Law and Security
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Reiss Center on Law and Security @rcls-nyu.bsky.social · 1d
We were pleased to co-host @justsecurity.org podcast's latest episode, on legal theories behind the #Trump Admin's lethal boat strikes.
Our War Powers Resolution Reporting Project includes the Sept. 4 report discussed, along w/ 127 more in a living, open-source database:
warpowers.lawandsecurity.org
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 1d
Murder on the High Seas Part II: What We Know about U.S. Vessel Strikes One Month In

@tessbridgeman.bsky.social and Rachel Goldbrenner are joined by @becingber.bsky.social and @bcfinucane.bsky.social to analyze the U.S. military campaign in the Caribbean.

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The Just Security Podcast: Murder on the High Seas Part II -- What We Know about U.S. Vessel Strikes One Month In
Tess Bridgeman and Rachel Goldbrenner are joined by Rebecca Ingber and Brian Finucane to analyze the U.S. military campaign in the Caribbean.
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Reiss Center on Law and Security @rcls-nyu.bsky.social · 2d
Don’t miss Ashley Deeks (@uvalaw.bsky.social) on her new book on #AI and national security, "The Double Black Box," in conversation w/ @bethgeorge.bsky.social.

📅 10/20 | 🕒 3–4pm ET | 📍 Zoom
Host: @rcls-nyu.bsky.social
CLE credit available

Details & RSVP: www.lawandsecurity.org/calendar/the...
The Double Black Box: National Security, Artificial Intelligence, and the Struggle for Democratic Accountability - Reiss Center on Law and Security
Rapid advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning are increasingly vital to the conduct of national security, as countries like the United States seek to harness these tools to ensure the...
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Reiss Center on Law and Security @rcls-nyu.bsky.social · 5d
We're delighted to welcome four distinguished experts & practitioners to @RCLS_NYU:
🔹Chris Fonzone
🔹Karen Greenberg
🔹Chris Rogers
🔹Nicholas Rasmussen
As Non-Resident Senior Fellows, they'll bring invaluable #natsec experience to our work and student mentorship.

www.lawandsecurity.org/fellows/
Fellows and Affiliates - Reiss Center on Law and Security
Fellows and Affiliates about Lisa O. about Wally Adey about Stephen Pomperabout Nicholas Rasmussenabout Lindsay Rodman about Bob Ba out Matthew S
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Tess Bridgeman @tessbridgeman.bsky.social · 5d
Mary McCord, former Acting Assistant AG for National Security, and I teamed up on Qs Senators should ask #Bondi at her Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, on strikes that have killed 17 people to date.

The implications are serious. Consider a few of the Qs:

www.justsecurity.org/121862/ask-b...
What the Senate Judiciary Committee Should Ask A.G. Bondi on Drug Cartel Strikes
Annotated questions the Senate Judiciary Committee could ask Attorney General Pam Bondi on lethal strikes against drug cartels.
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Reiss Center on Law and Security @rcls-nyu.bsky.social · 7d
Many thanks to Gideon for sharing his insights!

@rcls-nyu.bsky.social’s #RoadLessTraveled career conversation series continues our terrific lineup of #natsec practitioners—stay tuned for upcoming speakers throughout the year.
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Reiss Center on Law and Security @rcls-nyu.bsky.social · 7d
Maltz's work has spanned private reg'y practice, senior policy roles in gov’t, & non-profit partnership work connecting refugees to jobs. He reflected on:
➡️Private sector’s growing role in #natsec
➡️Using legal training in non-legal roles
➡️Working for ppl you can learn from
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Reiss Center on Law and Security @rcls-nyu.bsky.social · 7d
We were honored to kick off this year’s #RoadLessTraveled conversation series by welcoming Gideon Maltz, Chief Executive Officer @Tent and fmr NSC Director of Human Rts & Multilateral Affairs.

Our series provides @nyulaw.bsky.social students a view into the diverse world of #natsec careers.
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Reiss Center on Law and Security @rcls-nyu.bsky.social · 23d
W/ the latest US strike on a Venezuelan boat, read RCLS fellow @bcfinucane.bsky.social's analysis in Just Security to understand issues at play.
& stay tuned for updates on our @rcls-nyu.bsky.social War Powers Resolution Reporting Project: warpowers.lawandsecurity.org
cc @tessbridgeman.bsky.social
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 23d
My new article in @justsecurity.org is unfortunately very timely. 2/n

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Asserting a License to Kill: Why the Caribbean Strike is a Dangerous Departure from the “War on Terror”
An absence of credible legal basis for the Caribbean strike suggests the Trump admin is asserting a prerogative to kill outside the law.
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Reiss Center on Law and Security @rcls-nyu.bsky.social · 23d
Important new study on an evolving judicial doctrine, from our faculty co-director @rgoodlaw.bsky.social with invaluable research from @nyulaw.bsky.social students:
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 23d
A large study with large implications

The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation

By @rgoodlaw.bsky.social, Siven Watt, Audrey Balliette, Maggie Lin, Michael Pusic and Jeremy Venook

www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation
Comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 27d
Many thanks to Senator @slotkin.senate.gov for this wide-ranging conversation with @tessbridgeman.bsky.social and me on @justsecurity.org podcast.

Economic security
China and AI
Fentanyl and military operations against drug cartels
Military on U.S. streets
more

www.buzzsprout.com/2074610/epis...
The Just Security Podcast: Sen. Elissa Slotkin on a New Vision for American National Security - The Just Security Podcast
Last week, Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) unveiled a new “national security war plan,” centered on reviving the middle class, winning the global tech race, and rethinking how Americans are protected in...
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 27d
New book alert! 📚
"Perpetual War and International Law: Enduring Legacies of the War on Terror" (OUP), ed @briannarosen.bsky.social.

Marking 24th anniversary of #September11, it offers a timely reflection on how the post-9/11 era shapes contemporary conflicts.
www.justsecurity.org/120313/perpe...
Book Release – Perpetual War and International Law: Enduring Legacies of the War on Terror
Introducing a new book series confronting the enduring legacies of the post-9/11 era and exploring viable alternatives to the use of force.
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Reiss Center on Law and Security @rcls-nyu.bsky.social · 27d
He also delves into the Administration's 48-hour war powers report to Congress about the strike.

W/ our fellow @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, we have analyzed & uploaded that report, along with 125+ others, at our War Powers Resolution Reporting Project:

warpowers.lawandsecurity.org/reports/2025...
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A living resource on presidential reporting practice and the use of U.S. armed forces abroad.
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Reiss Center on Law and Security @rcls-nyu.bsky.social · 27d
Our @rcls-nyu.bsky.social fellow @bcfinucane.bsky.social provides legal analysis to @theintercept.com on the boat strike in the Caribbean Sea:
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 28d
And yet further thoughts from me on the lethal US attack in the Caribbean.

The Trump administration hasn’t even tried to legally justify the premeditated killing of these people.

Consider me a consistent opponent of lawless violence at home and abroad.
The U.S. president is asserting the power to engage in the premeditated killing of people outside of armed conflict,” he told The Intercept. “There is no evidence that these people were lawful targets. The Trump administration hasn’t established that there was an armed conflict, hasn’t established that the law of armed conflict governed any such hostilities, and hasn’t established that the people aboard the vessel, the vessel itself, or its cargo were lawful targets under the law of war.”
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Tess Bridgeman @tessbridgeman.bsky.social · 29d
NEW: The war powers report on Trump's attack on a suspected drug trafficking vessel in the Caribbean last week is included in our @rcls-nyu.bsky.social War Powers Reporting Project searchable database and included here:

warpowers.lawandsecurity.org/reports/2025...
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Reiss Center on Law and Security @rcls-nyu.bsky.social · 29d
Analysis from @rcls-nyu.bsky.social faculty co-director @rgoodlaw.bsky.social, in conversation with @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social:
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · Sep 8
I really appreciated speaking in depth with @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social about Venezuelan boat strike, what the law allows, and what comes next.

Important for concerns about Forever Wars, those who care about deportation without due process and killing suspects without a trial.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · Sep 7
Really excellent explanation by Ryan Goodman of the legal justifications (or rather the lack thereof) of Trump’s boat strike, and of some the (chilling) further implications. An important conversation, I thought, if not a cheering one.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T1V...
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Reiss Center on Law and Security @rcls-nyu.bsky.social · 29d
A new must-listen from three of our @rcls-nyu.bsky.social fellows, all with significant govt lawyering experience. Listen at the @justsecurity.org podcast:
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Tess Bridgeman @tessbridgeman.bsky.social · Sep 5
With thanks to the great team @rcls-nyu.bsky.social and our research scholars who help make this a living resource!
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Reiss Center on Law and Security @rcls-nyu.bsky.social · Sep 5
Over @justsecurity.org, our Reiss Center fellow @bcfinucane.bsky.social authored an explainer on the legal issues raised by the strike on the Venezuelan boat:

www.justsecurity.org/119982/legal...
Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean
The Trump administration’s extraordinary lethal attack on this purported smuggling vessel raises significant potential legal issues.
www.justsecurity.org
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Reiss Center on Law and Security @rcls-nyu.bsky.social · Sep 5
Our @rcls-nyu.bsky.social senior fellow, Prof @becingber.bsky.social, provided a deep dive on the Lawfare Daily Podcast:

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...
Lawfare Daily: U.S. Military Conducts Lethal Strike on Venezuelan ‘Drug Boat’
Listen to the Sept. 4 livestream.
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Reiss Center on Law and Security @rcls-nyu.bsky.social · Sep 5
Faculty co-dir. @rgoodlaw.bsky.social spoke to @nytimes.com: “It's difficult to imagine how any lawyers inside the Pentagon could have arrived at a conclusion that this was legal...under int'l law rules that the Defense Department has long accepted.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers
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Reiss Center on Law and Security @rcls-nyu.bsky.social · Sep 5
Reiss Center senior fellows @tessbridgeman.bsky.social & @bcfinucane.bsky.social, former gov't lawyers with expertise in laws of armed conflict, each provided observations on the Administration's "48-hour report" to Congress about its strike:
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Tess Bridgeman @tessbridgeman.bsky.social · Sep 5
I've read and coded every War Powers Report ever sent to Congress (check them all out, with interactive graphics and a searchable database 👇), and this one on #Trump's attack on an alleged drug smuggling vessel in the Caribbean stands out. I'll explain below:

warpowers.lawandsecurity.org
War Powers Resolution Reporting Project
A living resource on presidential reporting practice and the use of U.S. armed forces abroad.
warpowers.lawandsecurity.org
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Reiss Center on Law and Security @rcls-nyu.bsky.social · Sep 5
Our @rcls-nyu.bsky.social leaders & fellows have been providing real-time analysis of the Trump Administration's use of military action against drug trafficking.
A round-up of recent commentary (🧵):
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · Sep 3
1/ I worked at DoD. I literally cannot imagine lawyers coming up with a legal basis for lethal strike of suspected Venezuelan drug boat.

Hard to see how this would not be "murder" or war crime under international law that DoD considers applicable.

Read expert analysis by @bcfinucane.bsky.social⤵️
Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean
The Trump administration’s extraordinary lethal attack on this purported smuggling vessel raises significant potential legal issues.
www.justsecurity.org
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Tess Bridgeman @tessbridgeman.bsky.social · Sep 5
I've read and coded every War Powers Report ever sent to Congress (check them all out, with interactive graphics and a searchable database 👇), and this one on #Trump's attack on an alleged drug smuggling vessel in the Caribbean stands out. I'll explain below:

warpowers.lawandsecurity.org
War Powers Resolution Reporting Project
A living resource on presidential reporting practice and the use of U.S. armed forces abroad.
warpowers.lawandsecurity.org
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