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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/ . .
(4 comments) SHARE 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.
(1 comments) SHARE 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.
(2 comments) SHARE 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.
(1 comments) SHARE 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.
(5 comments) SHARE 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.
(1 comments) SHARE 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.
(1 comments) SHARE 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.
(2 comments) SHARE 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.
SHARE 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.
(3 comments) SHARE 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.
(1 comments) SHARE 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.
SHARE 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.
SHARE 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.
SHARE 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.
SHARE 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.
(1 comments) SHARE 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.
(1 comments) SHARE 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.
(1 comments) SHARE 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.
(5 comments) SHARE 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.