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Human Rights and Global Wrongs
Marjorie Cohn analyzes human rights and executive branch lawbreaking.
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![President Trump makes a statement to the press after a meeting with governors-elect in the Cabinet Room of the White House December 13, 2018, in Washington, DC.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/12/GettyImages-1072848582-e1545071382967-400x300.jpg)
Trump Can and Should Be Indicted
Nothing in the Constitution prevents Trump's criminal indictment while he occupies the Oval Office.
![A Yemeni mother holds her malnourished child as they wait for treatments in a medical center in the village of Al Mutaynah in the Tuhayta province in western Yemen on November 29, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/12/GettyImages-1066454616-400x300.jpg)
Public Pressure Could Halt US Support of Yemen War
Current resolutions have a loophole that could actually authorize US military support, but pressure could change that.
![Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker delivers remarks to the Joint Terrorism Task Force on November 21, 2018, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/11/2018_1127-mw-400x300.jpg)
Matthew Whitaker Was Illegally Appointed and Should Be Removed
Legal challenges to Matthew Whitaker’s illegal appointment are mounting.
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Trump’s Military Deployment to the US-Mexico Border Is Illegal
The Posse Comitatus Act forbids use of the military to enforce domestic US laws, including immigration laws.
![The acting attorney general could curtail funding for Mueller's probe and preclude avenues of investigation.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/11/2018_1108-mueller-400x300.jpg)
Fierce Critic of Mueller Probe Now Has Power to Sabotage the Investigation
The acting attorney general could curtail funding for the probe and preclude avenues of investigation.
![Trump has been systematically packing the federal circuit courts of appeals with conservative judges.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/11/2018_1104-judges-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Judges Imperil Our Rights for Decades
Trump has been systematically packing the federal circuit courts of appeals with conservative judges.
![Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech at the Iranian Parliament, in Tehran on October 27, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/10/2018_1030-iran-400x300.jpg)
Trump Administration Ramps Up Threats Against Iran
The murder of journalist Khashoggi may put a crimp in Trump’s plans to escalate his aggression against Iran.
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Khashoggi’s Murder and Saudi War Crimes in Yemen Were Facilitated by US
Amid the outcry over Khashoggi's death, many are still failing to acknowledge the US assistance behind Saudi war crimes.
![Women attend a rally and vigil in front of a Brooklyn court house calling to stop the nomination of Supreme Court candidate Judge Brett Kavanaugh on October 3, 2018, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/10/2018_1004kavanaugh-400x300.jpg)
Five Reasons Why the GOP Is Rushing to Confirm Kavanaugh
Republicans are hoping to ensure the outcome of several hot-button cases currently before the Supreme Court.
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Aggressive Kavanaugh Portrays Himself as Victim
Abandoning all pretense of civility, he demonstrated a disturbing judicial temperament.