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- An illuminating read from our Reiss Center faculty co-director @rgoodlaw.bsky.social, in Q&A with @ichotiner.bsky.social, about ICE tactics, the Fourth Amendment, and the courts. With important data from the @justsecurity.org presumption-of-regularity tracker. Read in @newyorker.com 👇
- I was honored to do this Q&A with @newyorker.com's @ichotiner.bsky.social "Stephen Miller suggested, in May, that the Administration was 'looking at' suspending habeas corpus. Now, lo and behold, what Judge Schiltz is describing is a form of effectively suspending habeas corpus."
- We @rcls-nyu.bsky.social were honored to host the founders of the Alliance for Diplomacy & Justice, w/ a packed room of @nyulaw.bsky.social students. The fmr senior diplomats reflected on their work w/in US natsec & foreign policy, and on reinvigorating a rights-based approach for the future.
- In @foreignpolicy.com, Faculty Co-Director Stephen Holmes argues there's an emerging paradox in European defense spending: waning allies are least willing to front the cost of American protection. foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/28/e...
- New commentary & analysis by @rcls-nyu.bsky.social faculty co-director @weissmann.substack.com about the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, on The Bulwark podcast👇
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- Listen to our @rcls-nyu.bsky.social senior fellow @becingber.bsky.social lay out the stakes & explain the law re US actions in Venezuela. With our faculty co-director @weissmann.substack.com & Mary McCord on their Main Justice podcast: substack.com/@ghost22/not...
- 1/ DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel has released a redacted version of its memo re the legality of US operations in #Venezuela. For important & breaking analysis, see these 🧵's from @rcls-nyu.bsky.social fellows/former senior govt lawyers.
- "In our view, the constitutionality of the War Powers Resolution is on firm ground...both the text and historical and modern practice make the statute’s constitutionality clear." -@rcls-nyu.bsky.social fellows @tessbridgeman.bsky.social & @bcfinucane.bsky.social: www.justsecurity.org/128517/war-p...
- As US actions against sanctioned vessels ramp up, listen to @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, our @rcls-nyu.bsky.social Senior Fellow & Visiting Scholar, speak with expert Rob McLaughlin about the legal issues surrounding the seizure and boarding of merchant ships. At the @justsecurity.org podcast:
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- With news breaking about the Maduro capture operation: read important analysis by @rcls-nyu.bsky.social faculty director @rgoodlaw.bsky.social over @justsecurity.org 👇
- At year’s end, we’re reflecting on all that’s happened in 2025. Our @rcls-nyu.bsky.social programs & research mapped growing faultlines in national security law and policy. Check out the work we did to meet the moment: www.lawandsecurity.org/annual-highl...
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- Watch some highlights from our recent podcast episode on the vessel strikes in the Caribbean, with @tessbridgeman.bsky.social @bcfinucane.bsky.social @becingber.bsky.social @rachelgoldbrenner.bsky.social. Full episode here: www.lawandsecurity.org/calendar/mur...
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- “Even under a law of armed conflict, they were all civilians, and we are not actually in armed conflict. Either way, it was all murder.” Our @rcls-nyu.bsky.social Faculty Co-Director & IHL expert @rgoodlaw.bsky.social speaks to @charliesavage.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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- Must-read resource on the legality of the boat strikes in the Caribbean, in straightforward Q&A format. From our @rcls-nyu.bsky.social faculty co-director @rgoodlaw.bsky.social and senior fellow @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, with @mikeschmitt.bsky.social. Read & refer to it, over @justsecurity.org:
- Amidst the ongoing lethal campaign in the Caribbean, @rcls-nyu.bsky.social fellows/fmr senior govt lawyers are convening regularly to lend expertise cc @tessbridgeman.bsky.social @bcfinucane.bsky.social @becingber.bsky.social @justsecurity.org 🎤 The latest: www.lawandsecurity.org/calendar/mur...
- This #GivingTuesday, we hope you’ll consider a tax-deductible gift to @rcls-nyu.bsky.social. Your support helps us address #natsec challenges at home & abroad as we: ✔️Develop fact-based, relevant research ✔️Convene top experts on timely issues ✔️Train new leaders lawandsecurity.org/donate/
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- As news in the Caribbean/Eastern Pacific keeps coming, check out this vital resource from @rcls-nyu.bsky.social Student Scholars & @nyulaw.bsky.social students Jeremy Chin, Maggie Lin, Aidan Arasasingham. Now with updates & expanded range of relevant actions and reactions. Read @justsecurity.org:
- Our @rcls-nyu.bsky.social faculty co-director @rgoodlaw.bsky.social explains court ruling halting deployment of National Guard troops to Washington, DC. On @cnn.com's @outfrontcnn.bsky.social 👇 www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/u...
- Our @rcls-nyu.bsky.social fellow and former WH Deputy National Cyber Director, @camillestewartgloster.com writes in @justsecurity.org about natsec challenges and opportunities of solar energy👇
- Read @rcls-nyu.bsky.social fellow & counter-extremism expert @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social on new terrorism designations of "Antifa Groups", in @justsecurity.org 👇
- This week, @rcls-nyu.bsky.social was honored to cosponsor the American Bar Association’s (@americanbar.org) 35th Annual Review of National Security Law Conference, featuring leading legal voices across the #natsec field. events.americanbar.org/event/2f688d...
- ICYMI: Watch leading legal experts discuss & debate presidential power and the state of constitutional checks & balances. @nyulaw.bsky.social Forum cohosted by us @rcls-nyu.bsky.social w/ Bob Bauer Michael McConnell (Stanford Law) Gillian Metzger (Columbia Law) RCLS Faculty Co-Dir Trevor Morrison
- ⏰The War Powers clock is ticking⏰ Nov 3 🟰 60 days since reported 1st Caribbean boat strike Under War Powers Resolution, w/in 60 days if Congress does not OK strikes, POTUS “shall terminate any use of US Armed Forces” Our catalog on every War Powers Reports since 1973: warpowers.lawandsecurity.org
- "To date, the administration’s claimed legal bases for conducting the lethal operations, as well as its legal characterization of them, are counterfactual, counter-normative, and, as this essay has illustrated, contradictory." Read faculty co-dir @rgoodlaw.bsky.social on U.S. lethal boat strikes👇
- ICYMI: watch the @rcls-nyu.bsky.social discussion with Ashley Deeks & Beth George. Drawing from their govt lawyering, academia, & private sector experience, they discuss critical emerging challenges in #AI & #natsec. Their rich & far-ranging discussion here👇 www.lawandsecurity.org/calendar/the...
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- Lively discussion happening now: @nyulaw.bsky.social Forum, co-hosted by us @rcls-nyu.bsky.social All the President’s Power: What’s Left of Checks and Balances? Moderated by our faculty co-dir & dean emeritus @twmorrison.bsky.social, w/ Bob Bauer, Michael McConnell & Gillian Metzger
- “There are truly extreme risks of escalation here...more broadly, I think we're just eroding the norms...eroding the rule that is the backbone of the modern int'l law system that states may not use force except in the most narrow exceptional circumstances.” Read analysis by @becingber.bsky.social👇
- Catch up on the latest on #Trump Admin lethal actions in the Caribbean Expert series via @justsecurity.org podcast Featuring @rcls-nyu.bsky.social fellows and former senior gov't lawyers: @tessbridgeman.bsky.social @bcfinucane.bsky.social @becingber.bsky.social
- 📣HAPPENING NOW: Ashley Deeks (@uvalaw.bsky.social) & @bethgeorge.bsky.social on "The Double Black Box,” a book on the challenges of #AI and national security. 📅 10/20 | 🕒 3–4pm ET | 📍 Zoom Tune in! CLE credit available👇 www.lawandsecurity.org/calendar/the...
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- Don’t forget to register! Join @rcls-nyu.bsky.social for a timely & insightful book talk w/ Ashley Deeks (@uvalaw.bsky.social) & Beth George on "The Double Black Box," a book on #AI and national security. 📅 10/20 | 🕒 3–4pm ET | 📍 Zoom CLE credit info & RSVP 👇 www.lawandsecurity.org/calendar/the...
