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Peggy McGuinness

@peggymcguinness.bsky.social

Professor, St. John's University School of Law, Co-Director, Center for Int'l and Comp. Law| Law and Diplomacy | US Human Rights Diplomacy | International Law | Human Rights |Chair, NYC Bar Council on Int'l Affairs.

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Joanne Freeman@jbf1755.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hegseth’s staff broke Eisenhower’s globe. The symbolism is too much to bear. (And of course, they ignored the TRAINED EXPERTS WHO HANDLE HISTORICAL ITEMS. Because EDUCATION? EXPERTISE? WHO NEEDS IT?….im going to get some coffee…)

Bill Kristol@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Ordinarily, moving historical items within the building is a deliberate process overseen by curators. Hegseth’s staff dispatched its own team to relocate an Eisenhower globe. They dropped it...The resulting gash appears to be several inches wide." wapo.st/3WF2YQo

Mark Klamberg@klamberg.bsky.social · 3w ago

Opinio Juris is holding a symposium on Gregory S. Gordon's book "Nuremberg’s Citizen Prosecutor". Beyond myself, Minow, Gooden, @emilianobuis.bsky.social, McGuiness, Van Schaack & @kevinjonheller.bsky.social will engage with the book as part of the symposium. opiniojuris.org/2026/10/12/i...

Introducing the Book Symposium on ‘Nuremberg’s Citizen Prosecutor’

[Gregory S. Gordon is Professor of Law at Peking University School of Transnational Law and author of Atrocity Speech Law: Foundation, Fragmentation, Fruition (Oxford University Press, 2017). A for…

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof@evanbernick.bsky.social · last mo.

The question presented here couldn't be more consequential. Answering "yes" would require the detention--without any possibility of a bond hearing--of millions of immigrants currently residing in the United States.

Kelsey Reichmann@kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · last mo.

NEWS: Supreme Court takes up 3 new appeals, including mandatory ICE detention in Rhoney v. Barbosa @courthousenews.bsky.social

David Kaye@davidakaye.bsky.social · last mo.

was just having a conversation about this. it's true. of all the trump admin crimes since 1/2025, these killings are among the clearest cut, with the most law/jurisprudence to support prosecution of a whole range of ppl involved, from leadership to subordinates.

Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · last mo.

Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.

Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We’re suing to bring transparency back to Trump’s State Department—and you can help! Are you aware of an international agreement that the U.S. may have concluded since Jan. 2025? Have you been unable to locate it on the State Department’s site? Let us know 👇 ⬇️ www.lawfaremedia.org/article/why-...

Why We’re Suing the State Department Over International Agreements

Lawfare is suing to bring transparency back to international agreements—and you can help.

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Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Trump administration has filed 36 emergency applications since last February, which have generated 31 conclusive rulings. In those 31 rulings, the Court has voted *for* Trump in whole or in part 27 times (87.1%), and against him four times (12.9%). Here's a chart covering all of these rulings:

A (messy) Excel spreadsheet tracking all of the Trump administration's emergency applications, when they were filed, when they were decided, what kind of ruling they produced, and how each justice voted.
Just Security@justsecurity.org · 2mo ago

The Just Security Podcast: Murder on the High Seas Part VI With co-hosts @tessbridgeman.bsky.social and Rachel Goldbrenner, and guests @becingber.bsky.social and @bcfinucane.bsky.social Co-hosted by Just Security and @rcls-nyu.bsky.social

The Just Security Podcast: Murder on the High Seas Part VI

Tess Bridgeman and Rachel Goldbrenner are joined by Brian Finucane and Rebecca Ingber to discuss the latest U.S. strikes against suspected drug traffickers.

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Lawfare@lawfaremedia.org · 2mo ago

"This September will mark one year since the U.S. military began bombing boats and summarily executing people in the Western Hemisphere. Congress’s response has demonstrated an unfamiliarity with human rights law and how it governs military action in peacetime," writes @seharrison7.bsky.social.

The Boat Strikes Aren’t Part of a War. They’re Murder.

By debating war powers and war crimes, Congress is missing the simpler, graver truth: The president is directing summary executions.

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Brian Finucane@bcfinucane.bsky.social · 2mo ago

On the six month anniversary of Trump's illegal war with Iran, reposting my piece in @justsecurity.org critiquing the administration's bogus international law justification for the conflict. www.justsecurity.org/134290/us-ar...

An Unserious Justification for an Unnecessary War: Assessing the U.S. “Article 51” Letter to U.N. on Iran War

Former State Department attorney writes that the U.S. letter to the UN Security Council fails to identify legal basis for Iran attack.

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Adam Isacson@adamisacson.com · 3mo ago

Boat Strikes: "A careful review of the available evidence suggests that the United States has killed individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” writes @kaine.senate.gov. “They are murder victims.”

Kaine Presses President on Military Strikes in Caribbean and Pacific, Calls for Accountability | U.S. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, sent a letter to...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A total violation of international law. Eswatini is imprisoning people from multiple countries no crime, based on no violation of law in that country, and with the direct knowledge and acquiescence of the United States.

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 4mo ago

Reuters confirms. 11 more people captured by ICE have been sent to a maximum security prison in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), a country where they have no ties and committed no crimes. reut.rs/4wpbIGU

Rebecca Ingber@becingber.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The war with Iran is expanding to new fronts. @bcfinucane.bsky.social and I explore a longstanding tension between the traditional law of naval warfare and the UN Charter. -- Historically largely theoretical, but recent attacks on vessels flagged to third states are bringing it to a boiling point.

Just Security@justsecurity.org · 5mo ago

"The U.S. military’s enforcement of the ongoing naval blockade of Iran may have now resulted in fresh violations of the U.N. Charter against four entirely different countries." @bcfinucane.bsky.social(Brian Finucane) and @becingber.bsky.social(Rebecca Ingber) write:

Brian Finucane@bcfinucane.bsky.social · 5mo ago

US blockade of Iran entails not only a use of force against Iran, but also (per USG) uses of force against foreign merchant vessels. Hard to square a naval blockade w/ Article 2(4) of the UN Charter. My latest in @justsecurity.org with @becingber.bsky.social. www.justsecurity.org/142005/block...

Blockade and Article 2(4) of the UN Charter

U.S. attacks on neutral vessels to enforce its Iran blockade point to U.S. violations of UN Charter against four different countries.

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