Jeanne Mirer

Jeanne Mirer, who practices labor and employment law in New York, is president of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers.

Op-Ed

Politics & Elections

States Are Legally Required to Protect the Right to Vote

Efforts to make it more difficult for people to vote not only violate democratic principles but are also illegal.

By: Jeanne Mirer &; Jerry Wallingford ,; Jurist

June 26, 2020

News Analysis

Politics & Elections

Don’t Certify Electors and Electoral College Vote Without Full Recount

The American people deserve to know that the outcome of this election is actually valid.

By: Marjorie Cohn &; Jeanne Mirer ,; ZCommunications

December 14, 2016

Op-Ed

War & Peace

Killing Civilians to Protect Civilians in Syria

A military intervention by the United States in Syria to punish the government would violate international law.

By: Jeanne Mirer &; Marjorie Cohn ,; MarjorieCohn'sBlog

August 28, 2013

Op-Ed

Hold Him to His Progressive Pledges: Make Obama Do It

Those progressive constituencies that supported the President must come together to speak with one voice on key issues.

By: Jeanne Mirer &; Marjorie Cohn ,; Counterpunch

November 16, 2012

Op-Ed

The Toxic Effects of Agent Orange Persist 51 Years After the Vietnam War

Second and third generations of children, born to parents exposed during the war and in areas of heavy spraying hot spots, suffer unspeakable deformities that medical authorities attribute to …

By: Marjorie Cohn &; Jeanne Mirer ,; Truthout

August 7, 2012

Op-Ed

Killer Drone Attacks Illegal, Counterproductive

The Bush administration detained and tortured suspected militants; the Obama administration assassinates them. Both practices not only visit more hatred upon the United States; they are also illegal.

By: Jeanne Mirer &; Marjorie Cohn ,; Counterpunch

June 27, 2012

News Analysis

Obama’s Legal Duty to Create Jobs Now

The debate about the debt ceiling should have been a conversation about how to create jobs. It is time for progressives to remind the government that it has a …

By: Marjorie Cohn &; Jeanne Mirer ,; Truthout

August 11, 2011

Assault on Collective Bargaining Illegal, Says International Labor Rights Group

The International Commission for Labor Rights (ICLR) sent a notice to the Wisconsin Legislature, explaining that its attempt to strip collective bargaining rights from public workers is illegal. …

By: Marjorie Cohn &; Jeanne Mirer ,; Truthout

March 13, 2011

Obama Should Create Jobs by Executive Order

On May 6, 1935, with the country in the midst of the Great Depression and with indirect efforts to create jobs having not moved the needle of unemployment rates, …

By: Marjorie Cohn &; Jeanne Mirer ,; Truthout

November 8, 2010

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