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Human Rights and Global Wrongs
Marjorie Cohn analyzes human rights and executive branch lawbreaking.
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Is Trump Trying to Fire Mueller or Preemptively Discredit His Findings?
Desperate days in a cornered White House.
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US Refusal to Negotiate With Russia Increases Likelihood of Nuclear War
The US's stance has put our planet's future in peril.
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In the Face of Trump’s Volatility, DACA Wends Its Way Through Courts
Congress or the courts must act to protect the Dreamers soon.
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Trump Sets Deadly Precedent by Hiding Rationale for Bombing Syria
A similar attack on North Korea could be catastrophic.
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Trump Creates, Then Exacerbates, Crisis for Palestinian Refugees
Withholding food aid is no way to negotiate peace.
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Marjorie Cohn | Pentagon to Allow Nuclear Responses to Non-Nuclear Attacks
The 2018 Nuclear Posture Review is radical and unlawful.
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Sometimes, White House Staff Have a Legal Duty to Disobey the President
Carrying out an illegal order makes you an accomplice.
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Congress’s Ratification of Trump’s Spying Power Is a Direct Threat to Our Privacy
Trump now has authority to spy on us here and abroad.
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We Cannot Expect a President With Racism “in His DNA” to Save DACA
It's up to Congress and the courts to save the Dreamers.
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Trump’s Nuclear Threat Warrants Removal From Office
Impeachment is a political, not a legal, process.