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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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Sunday, September 15, 2019
Post-9/11 Terrorism Watchlist of More Than 1 Million Judged Unconstitutional An assault on the Constitution is the terrorism watchlist, a federal government database of "known or suspected terrorists." In 2013, there were 680,000 people on the watchlist, called the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB). By 2017, the number had swelled to 1.2 million, including 4,600 U.S. citizens.
Sunday, September 15, 2019Post-9/11 Terrorism Watchlist of More Than 1 Million Judged Unconstitutional An assault on the Constitution is the terrorism watchlist, a federal government database of "known or suspected terrorists." In 2013, there were 680,000 people on the watchlist, called the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB). By 2017, the number had swelled to 1.2 million, including 4,600 U.S. citizens.
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Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Observe 9/11 Anniversary by Calling for an End to the Afghan War Since 9/11, under the guise of George W. Bush's "war on terror," the United States has illegally attacked, invaded and bombed several countries and tortured untold numbers of people, with no legal accountability. The United States must withdraw all of its troops, CIA agents and mercenaries and close its military bases in Afghanistan.
Tuesday, September 10, 2019Observe 9/11 Anniversary by Calling for an End to the Afghan War Since 9/11, under the guise of George W. Bush's "war on terror," the United States has illegally attacked, invaded and bombed several countries and tortured untold numbers of people, with no legal accountability. The United States must withdraw all of its troops, CIA agents and mercenaries and close its military bases in Afghanistan.
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Sunday, September 1, 2019
The UN Could Save the Amazon With One Simple Move Fires ravaging the Amazon pose imminent peril to the 34 million people and 3 million species of animals and plants that live in the world's largest rain-forest, which covers 2 million square miles. Damage from the raging fires will change the face of the planet.
Sunday, September 1, 2019The UN Could Save the Amazon With One Simple Move Fires ravaging the Amazon pose imminent peril to the 34 million people and 3 million species of animals and plants that live in the world's largest rain-forest, which covers 2 million square miles. Damage from the raging fires will change the face of the planet.
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Sunday, August 25, 2019
Human Rights and Global Wrongs Donald Trump reportedly told several of his advisers that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should bar Tlaib and Omar because they supported BDS. Hours after Israel cancelled the trip, Trump tweeted, "It would show great weakness if Israel allowed Rep. Omar and Rep. Tlaib to visit. They hate Israel & all Jewish people."
Sunday, August 25, 2019Human Rights and Global Wrongs Donald Trump reportedly told several of his advisers that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should bar Tlaib and Omar because they supported BDS. Hours after Israel cancelled the trip, Trump tweeted, "It would show great weakness if Israel allowed Rep. Omar and Rep. Tlaib to visit. They hate Israel & all Jewish people."
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Friday, August 16, 2019
Candidates Must Commit to Immediate US Withdrawal From Afghanistan On July 30, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan reported that the Afghan government and international military forces, primarily the United States, caused most of the civilian deaths in Afghanistan during the first six months of 2019. That's more killings than those perpetrated in the same time period by the Taliban and ISIS combined.
Friday, August 16, 2019Candidates Must Commit to Immediate US Withdrawal From Afghanistan On July 30, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan reported that the Afghan government and international military forces, primarily the United States, caused most of the civilian deaths in Afghanistan during the first six months of 2019. That's more killings than those perpetrated in the same time period by the Taliban and ISIS combined.
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Saturday, July 27, 2019
Mueller Should Have Subpoenaed Trump The Mueller team found "substantial evidence" of the elements required to convict Trump of obstruction of justice. But, constrained by a Justice Department rule forbidding the indictment of a sitting president, Mueller's report did not conclude whether Trump actually committed the crime.
Saturday, July 27, 2019Mueller Should Have Subpoenaed Trump The Mueller team found "substantial evidence" of the elements required to convict Trump of obstruction of justice. But, constrained by a Justice Department rule forbidding the indictment of a sitting president, Mueller's report did not conclude whether Trump actually committed the crime.
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Sunday, July 14, 2019
Trump Can't Get Enough of Terrorizing Immigrants President Trump gave up his fight to ask people about their citizenship on the 2020 census. He has been trying to add this to the census since 2017, which would have resulted in a significant under-count by dissuading people in households with undocumented residents from responding to the census. An estimated 6.5 million people could be uncounted if the question were included, according to the Census Bureau.
Sunday, July 14, 2019Trump Can't Get Enough of Terrorizing Immigrants President Trump gave up his fight to ask people about their citizenship on the 2020 census. He has been trying to add this to the census since 2017, which would have resulted in a significant under-count by dissuading people in households with undocumented residents from responding to the census. An estimated 6.5 million people could be uncounted if the question were included, according to the Census Bureau.
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Sunday, July 14, 2019
Kamala Harris Has a Distinguished Career of Serving Injustice Harris favored criminalizing truancy, raising cash bail fees and keeping prisoners locked up for cheap labor. "Harris's prosecutorial record, however, is far from progressive."
Sunday, July 14, 2019Kamala Harris Has a Distinguished Career of Serving Injustice Harris favored criminalizing truancy, raising cash bail fees and keeping prisoners locked up for cheap labor. "Harris's prosecutorial record, however, is far from progressive."
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Friday, July 12, 2019
Trump Gives Up Citizenship Question But Doubles Down on Terrorizing Immigrants The census is used to calculate how many seats each state will have in the House of Representatives, the number of Electoral College votes each state will get in the presidential elections beginning in 2024, and how $900 billion in federal funds will be distributed to the states annually for hospitals, schools, health care and infrastructure for the next 10 years.
Friday, July 12, 2019Trump Gives Up Citizenship Question But Doubles Down on Terrorizing Immigrants The census is used to calculate how many seats each state will have in the House of Representatives, the number of Electoral College votes each state will get in the presidential elections beginning in 2024, and how $900 billion in federal funds will be distributed to the states annually for hospitals, schools, health care and infrastructure for the next 10 years.
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Sunday, June 23, 2019
Iran Had the Legal Right to Shoot Down US Spy Drone Besides being illegal, a U.S. attack on Iran would prove disastrous to the entire region, and indeed, the world. Congress should repeal the 2001 AUMF and assert its authority under the War Powers Resolution. The Security Council must convene immediately and act to fulfill its duty under the Charter to restore international peace and security to the Gulf region.
Sunday, June 23, 2019Iran Had the Legal Right to Shoot Down US Spy Drone Besides being illegal, a U.S. attack on Iran would prove disastrous to the entire region, and indeed, the world. Congress should repeal the 2001 AUMF and assert its authority under the War Powers Resolution. The Security Council must convene immediately and act to fulfill its duty under the Charter to restore international peace and security to the Gulf region.
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Saturday, June 15, 2019
Supreme Court Ruling on Census Could Deal Grave Blow to Democracy During oral arguments in the Supreme Court in April, the conservative justices seemed inclined to uphold the citizenship question. But the Court was presented with evidence of a cover-up of the illegal racist motive for adding the citizenship question. The census citizenship question and concomitant partisan gerrymandering by the GOP pose additional threats to the right to vote, and indeed, to democracy itself.
Saturday, June 15, 2019Supreme Court Ruling on Census Could Deal Grave Blow to Democracy During oral arguments in the Supreme Court in April, the conservative justices seemed inclined to uphold the citizenship question. But the Court was presented with evidence of a cover-up of the illegal racist motive for adding the citizenship question. The census citizenship question and concomitant partisan gerrymandering by the GOP pose additional threats to the right to vote, and indeed, to democracy itself.
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Thursday, June 13, 2019
Bernie Sanders Proposes New Economic Bill of Rights Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders delivered a full-throated defense of democratic socialism in his June 12 speech at George Washington University. Sanders, like FDR, proposed an Economic Bill of Rights, including the rights to health care, affordable housing, education, a living wage and retirement. "Economic rights are human rights," Sanders declared. "That is what I mean by democratic socialism."
Thursday, June 13, 2019Bernie Sanders Proposes New Economic Bill of Rights Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders delivered a full-throated defense of democratic socialism in his June 12 speech at George Washington University. Sanders, like FDR, proposed an Economic Bill of Rights, including the rights to health care, affordable housing, education, a living wage and retirement. "Economic rights are human rights," Sanders declared. "That is what I mean by democratic socialism."
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Thursday, May 23, 2019
An Attack on Iran Would Violate US and International Law There is no evidence that Iran poses a threat to the United States, yet the usual suspects in the Trump administration are trying to advance illegal military action. Indeed, it is Trump's actions thus far that have posed the real threat to U.S. security because Iran is calling his bluff by considering whether to restart high enrichment of uranium.
Thursday, May 23, 2019An Attack on Iran Would Violate US and International Law There is no evidence that Iran poses a threat to the United States, yet the usual suspects in the Trump administration are trying to advance illegal military action. Indeed, it is Trump's actions thus far that have posed the real threat to U.S. security because Iran is calling his bluff by considering whether to restart high enrichment of uranium.
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Friday, April 12, 2019
Assange's Indictment Treats Journalism as a Crime A few days before Assange's removal from the embassy and arrest, Nils Metzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, warned that extradition to the U.S. "could expose him to a real risk of serious violations of his human rights, including his freedom of expression, his right to a fair trial and the prohibition of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."
Friday, April 12, 2019Assange's Indictment Treats Journalism as a Crime A few days before Assange's removal from the embassy and arrest, Nils Metzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, warned that extradition to the U.S. "could expose him to a real risk of serious violations of his human rights, including his freedom of expression, his right to a fair trial and the prohibition of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."
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Sunday, April 7, 2019
US Takes Illegal, Dangerous Actions Toward Regime Change in Venezuela In early April, Russia announced plans to install a training facility for military helicopters in Venezuela. The Trump administration is rattling its sabers at Russia. U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton warned that the United States considers the presence of military forces from outside the Western Hemisphere a "direct threat to international peace and security in the region."
Sunday, April 7, 2019US Takes Illegal, Dangerous Actions Toward Regime Change in Venezuela In early April, Russia announced plans to install a training facility for military helicopters in Venezuela. The Trump administration is rattling its sabers at Russia. U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton warned that the United States considers the presence of military forces from outside the Western Hemisphere a "direct threat to international peace and security in the region."
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Friday, March 29, 2019
Lawyers Worldwide Urge International Court: Investigate Israeli Crimes On Saturday, March 30, tens of thousands of Palestinians are planning to walk toward the Gaza border to commemorate the March 30, 2018, launch of the Great March of Return. For the past year, during the weekly protests, tens of thousands of Palestinians have demanded an end to the Israeli blockade of Gaza and the right to return to their homeland.
Friday, March 29, 2019Lawyers Worldwide Urge International Court: Investigate Israeli Crimes On Saturday, March 30, tens of thousands of Palestinians are planning to walk toward the Gaza border to commemorate the March 30, 2018, launch of the Great March of Return. For the past year, during the weekly protests, tens of thousands of Palestinians have demanded an end to the Israeli blockade of Gaza and the right to return to their homeland.
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Daniel Ellsberg Calls Chelsea Manning "an American Hero" "Manning knowingly risked her freedom then for truth-telling and actually suffered seven-and-a-half years in prison. I regard her as an American hero, and I admire her for what she is doing, risking and enduring right now," Ellsberg said. No one understands better than he does.
Wednesday, March 20, 2019Daniel Ellsberg Calls Chelsea Manning "an American Hero" "Manning knowingly risked her freedom then for truth-telling and actually suffered seven-and-a-half years in prison. I regard her as an American hero, and I admire her for what she is doing, risking and enduring right now," Ellsberg said. No one understands better than he does.
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Friday, March 15, 2019
Tribunal Declares Trump and Duterte Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his government committed war crimes and crimes against humanity, aided and abetted by U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration, according to a recent ruling from the International Peoples' Tribunal on the Philippines. The tribunal, which was held in Brussels, Belgium, on September 18 and 19, 2018, rendered its 84-page decision on these crimes on March 8.
Friday, March 15, 2019Tribunal Declares Trump and Duterte Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his government committed war crimes and crimes against humanity, aided and abetted by U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration, according to a recent ruling from the International Peoples' Tribunal on the Philippines. The tribunal, which was held in Brussels, Belgium, on September 18 and 19, 2018, rendered its 84-page decision on these crimes on March 8.
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Friday, March 1, 2019
Cohen Knows What Trump Is Capable Of. His Testimony Should Terrify Us. "Trump is a cheat," Cohen testified. He described Trump inflating and deflating his assets as it suited his financial interests. Trump would direct Cohen to call small business owners to whom Trump owed money and tell them they would receive no payment or a reduced payment.
Friday, March 1, 2019Cohen Knows What Trump Is Capable Of. His Testimony Should Terrify Us. "Trump is a cheat," Cohen testified. He described Trump inflating and deflating his assets as it suited his financial interests. Trump would direct Cohen to call small business owners to whom Trump owed money and tell them they would receive no payment or a reduced payment.
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Monday, February 25, 2019
Trump Threatens a Second Embargo of Cuba For 59 years, the United States has maintained a cruel embargo against Cuba. "The embargo on Cuba is the most comprehensive set of U.S. sanctions on any country, including the other countries designated by the U.S. government to be state sponsors of terrorism Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria," according to the U.S. government.
Monday, February 25, 2019Trump Threatens a Second Embargo of Cuba For 59 years, the United States has maintained a cruel embargo against Cuba. "The embargo on Cuba is the most comprehensive set of U.S. sanctions on any country, including the other countries designated by the U.S. government to be state sponsors of terrorism Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria," according to the U.S. government.
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