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Marjorie Cohn is professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, former president of the National Lawyers Guild, deputy secretary general of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, and a member of the National Advisory Board of Veterans for Peace. Her most recent book is Drones and Targeted Killing: Legal, Moral, and Geopolitical Issues. See http://marjoriecohn.com/ . .

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SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, April 22, 2020
COVID-19: Trump Weaponizing Virus by Intensifying Sanctions on Iran & Venezuela Economic and medical warfare during the pandemic amounts to a crime against humanity, writes Marjorie Cohn.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, April 2, 2020
COVID-19: DOJ Seeks to Exploit Emergency to Detain People Indefinitely Trump's Department of Justice is asking Congress to allow the attorney general to indefinitely detain people without trial in violation of the constitutional right of habeas corpus, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Bernie Sanders, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 16, 2020
Is the DNC Once Again Orchestrating the Defeat of a Socialist Candidate? Aided and abetted by the corporate media, the centrists in the Democratic Party are doing their best to ensure that Sanders is not the Democratic candidate. Nearly all former candidates except Elizabeth Warren, are centrists and support Biden.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks to journalists at the State Department., From YouTubeVideos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Team Trump Tried to Bully the ICC Into Dropping War Crimes Probe But Failed in light of the Appeals Chamber's landmark decision holding that U.S. officials will be investigated for war crimes, we can expect escalating threats and retaliation against the ICC by the Trump administration.
Julian Assange, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, February 17, 2020
Extradition of Assange Would Set a Dangerous Precedent The Trump administration is seeking extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States for trial on charges carrying 175 years in prison. On February 24, a court in the U.K. will hold a hearing to determine whether to grant Trump's request.
Alan Dershowitz, From WikimediaPhotos
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, January 30, 2020
Dershowitz Is Wrong -- Abuse of Power Is Grounds for Impeachment Contrary to the overwhelming weight of scholarly legal thought, Dershowitz has claimed that "high crimes and misdemeanors" is limited to offenses prohibited by statute. He told senators that abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, for which Trump was impeached, are not grounds for impeachment.
Mad GOP Hatters, From WikimediaPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, January 24, 2020
First the Trial, Then the Evidence? Impeachment in Wonderland. The trial is a harbinger that all Republican senators will ultimately serve as loyal foot soldiers to the president, seriously imperiling the constitutional separation of powers.
Donald Trump, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, January 19, 2020
Trump Is the Third President to Lie About Afghan War Success After 18 years, it is long past time we contact our congressional representatives and Democratic presidential candidates, cite the Afghanistan Papers, and demand total withdrawal of all U.S. forces including intelligence and Special Forces from Afghanistan.
New Calls For Trump To Be Impeached, From YouTubeVideos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 6, 2020
Trump Threatens War Crimes Against Iran. Congress Must Stop Him. Trump has already committed the crime of aggression against Iran, and he is now threatening to commit a war crime if he carries through on his January 4 promise to target Iran's cultural sites.
ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, From YouTubeVideos
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Palestinians Decry ICC Prosecutor's Delay of Israeli War Crimes Investigation In a significant development for Israeli accountability, Fatou Bensouda, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), seeks to launch an investigation into war crimes committed in Palestine. Accountability for Israeli war crimes is long overdue.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, From YouTubeVideos
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, December 21, 2019
No, McConnell -- Biased Jurors and No Witnesses Do Not Make for a "Fair Trial" After a brief meeting, McConnell and Schumer were unable to agree on a process for the trial. The Senate will recess for the holiday break and return January 3 but won't make decisions about the trial rules until January 6.
Trump Calls Impeachment Inquiry a 'Sham' and a 'Hoax', From YouTubeVideos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, December 14, 2019
House Judiciary Committee Recommends Impeachment of Donald Trump McConnell vowed to coordinate the trial with the White House. No jury ever coordinates a trial with the defendant or announces a not guilty verdict before the trial. McConnell's spineless pandering to Trump is emblematic of the conduct of the Republicans in Congress. They should be ashamed.
Is Bolivia's Evo Morales the victim of a coup?, From YouTubeVideos
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, November 27, 2019
US Is Again Complicit in an Illegal Coup, This Time in Bolivia The situation in Bolivia is volatile and there is danger it could devolve into civil war. This is the time to urge senators and Congress members to end all U.S. support for the illegitimate regime, demand free and fair elections with all political parties represented, and insist that fundamental human rights of all Bolivians are protected.
Netanyahu: No greater supporter to Jewish people than Trump, From YouTubeVideos
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, November 22, 2019
Trump's New Policy on Israeli Settlements Is Illegal and Self-Serving Thumbing his nose at the Geneva Convention, the Rome Statute, the UN Security Council, the UN General Assembly and the International Court of Justice, Donald Trump decided that Israel's unlawful construction of Jewish settlements in occupied Palestinian territory is lawful.
Trump attacks Marie Yovanovitch on Twitter as she testifies during impeachment hearings, From YouTubeVideos
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Trump Engaged in Witness Tampering During Ambassador's Testimony As former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testified in the House impeachment inquiry to evidence of abuse of power by Donald Trump, he tweeted insulting allegations against her in real time.
Supreme Court leans toward Trump on ending DACA, From YouTubeVideos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, November 14, 2019
DACA Arguments in Supreme Court Leave Outcome in Doubt The two issues facing the Supreme Court are: (1) whether the courts have jurisdiction to review the decision to end DACA; and (2) whether the rescission of DACA was legal.
Time magazine believes Trump is pure evil, From YouTubeVideos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, November 8, 2019
Trump's Order to Defy Subpoenas Is Itself Grounds for Impeachment Trump has ordered all of his current and former senior advisers to defy congressional subpoenas to testify in the impeachment inquiry. Trump is claiming the subpoenaed witnesses have "absolute immunity" against civil or criminal liability for refusal to provide testimony. However, "absolute immunity" is a creation of the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel. No court, statute or constitution has ever recognized it.
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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, October 28, 2019
Convicted Anti-Nuclear Activists Speak Out: "Pentagon Has Brainwashed People" The seven Catholic peace activists who were convicted on October 24 for their symbolic protest against nuclear weapons at the Kings Bay Naval Base are now facing a two-to-three-month wait to hear their prison sentences. They could face more than 20 years in prison.
Activists rally at Supreme Court on LGBTQ rights and job discrimination, From YouTubeVideos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, October 13, 2019
Civil Rights Are on the Chopping Block in New Supreme Court Term As the Court moves increasingly to the right with the recent additions of Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, we can expect the continued evisceration of civil rights and civil liberties. The Court has failed to protect the right to vote by declining to strike down partisan gerrymandering. The importance of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's continued vitality cannot be underestimated.
Trump stalls impeachment inquiry, From YouTubeVideos
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, October 5, 2019
Trump's Stonewalling of Impeachment Inquiry Is an Impeachable Offense Impeachment is mentioned six times in Articles I, II and III of the Constitution. The "sole Power of Impeachment" resides in the House of Representatives. Impeachment is like an indictment. It requires a simple majority of voting House members. The case then moves to the Senate for trial. It takes two-thirds of the senators to convict the president and remove him from office.

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