Gregory Shaffer
@gregorycshaffer.bsky.social
Past President of the American Society of International Law. Author of Emerging Powers and the World Trading System (CUP), and The Rule of Law under Pressure: A Transnational Challenge (CUP)
Conveniently (and cynically), the administration used § 301 to impose 10-12.5% tariffs on 99% of US trade in goods on Friday, just after the global 10-15% § 122 tariffs had to expire by statute) as @gregorycshaffer.bsky.social and I predicted last month in @justsecurity.org (1/3)
The Cynicism Behind the Administration’s Proposed Forced Labor Tariffs
The USTR's proposed Section 301 tariffs are intended more to pressure countries to sign and implement deals than to protect labor.
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You can find our analysis of the section 301 report on Forced Labor that is the basis for the new and cynical Trump tariffs here: www.justsecurity.org/142153/cynic.... They go into effect Friday at 12am: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/b... @justsecurity.org
Trump Administration to Impose New Tariffs of Around 10% on Over 80 Nations
The administration announced new duties tied to countries’ imports of goods made with forced labor, replacing a global 10 percent tariff set to expire at midnight.
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Our piece assessing the cynicism and hypocrisy behind the #Section301 report on #forcedlabor is now out in @justsecurity
Jeremiah May@jeremiahmay.bsky.social · 4mo ago@gregorycshaffer.bsky.social and I show how the proposed tariff rates in USTR's forced-labor Section 301 report track whether or not a country has cut a deal with the U.S. administration, and not its policing of forced-labor imports for @justsecurity.org
For a closer look at the key legal issues in challenging the proposed § 301 tariffs, as well as the larger stakes as the Trump administration aims to take all tariff powers from Congress, read this piece in @justsecurity.org
Jeremiah May@jeremiahmay.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe Trump administration's § 301 investigations and resulting tariffs are likely to face serious legal challenges. @gregorycshaffer.bsky.social and I look at the issues those tariffs could raise, including constitutional, statutory interpretation, and administrative law claims in @justsecurity.org
Not long to go! 🌟 Submissions for the SIEL–Hart Prize open on 1st May. Find out more 🔗 https://bit.ly/45OhNSz #InternationalEconomicLaw @sielnet.bsky.social @federico-ortino.bsky.social @gregorycshaffer.bsky.social
Our federal government killed a disabled genocide survivor and is covering up for a child rapist. And that is just today’s news. It is just unconscionable to be treating this as normal or acceptable in any way. www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...
Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo.
A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week.
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Advanced Introduction to International Economic Law by @gregorycshaffer.bsky.social of @georgetownlaw.bsky.social and Michael Waibel @univie.ac.at Available in hardback, paperback and eBook www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97... Instructors, access your exam copy www.vitalsource.com/educators/te...
📢 Save the date! Submissions for the SIEL–Hart Prize in International Economic Law open on 1st May 2026. Find out more 🔗 https://bit.ly/45OhNSz #InternationalEconomicLaw @sielnet.bsky.social @federico-ortino.bsky.social @gregorycshaffer.bsky.social
There is an excellent podcast named TrustTalks by Severin de Wit. We had a stimulating discussion regarding "what happens when law no longer constrains power?" It starts with US threats to takeover Greenland through coerced acquisition or otherwise. You can find it here: trusttalk.co
TrustTalk – It takes years to built trust
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Extraordinary US government surveillance of ordinary people is beginning www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
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A thread of MAGA protesting with guns and not getting murdered for it... Arizona, November 2020
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 8mo agoKash Patel: "You cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple. You don't have the right to break the law and incite violence."
It is called murder in Minneapolis and the man, Alex Pretti, like the woman, Renee Good, are martyrs. Remember their names.
Bec Hamilton@bechamilton.bsky.social · 8mo agoPowerful & damming witness statement: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
It is a time for everyone to speak out whenever they can. Thank you Bruce Springsteen!
Julie Cohen ❌👑@filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 9mo agoSpringsteen nails it, as usual m.youtube.com/watch?v=kozx...
1/This is something you say when you know you aren't in compliance with the law. Add that to ignoring: -UN Charter prohibition on use of force (which is supreme law of the land) -Constitutional duty to faithfully execute the law -Congress' authority to decide when the US goes to war But also:
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9mo agoJD Vance: "The War Powers Act is fundamentally a fake and unconstitutional law"
So it seems we’re done with head of state immunity in domestic courts (exactly where it was designed for) even as we fight for it tooth and nail at an international court? Actually, we’re probably just done with it in US courts.
Thanks to Frank Bruni and David Litt for 1st of best sentences of 2025! From The Contrarian: "One CBS article about his immigration crackdown said Trump ‘invoked muscular presidential powers,’ which is a bit like saying Jeffrey Dahmer ‘displayed omnivorous taste.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
Opinion | The Best Sentences of 2025
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1/n Powerful and gut-wrenching photo-essay presentation in @washingtonpost.com by Jonathan Edwards. Investigative/explanatory journalism at a very high level. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int... If you haven't lived in DC, you may not appreciate how much this is a city of **trees**.
New images offer closer look at demolition for the White House ballroom
The project reflects Trump’s expansive view of presidential authority — even over the White House itself.
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The current Supreme Court has forfeited all legitimacy. Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality. John Roberts > Roger Taney. Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.
Paul Waldman@paulwaldman.bsky.social · 10mo agoDemocrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now. paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
I imagine everyone of dreaded Boomer era has similar story: -My uncle fought in Battle of Bulge, vs Nazis -My future father-in-law was in submarine, vs Nazis -My dad was in training as Navy doctor, to fight Nazis Now MAGA/Trump/Hegseth: "Who are we to judge?" www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
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"I sing of a new American... I have been enslaved, yet my spirit is unbound. I have been cast aside, but I sparkle in the darkness. I have been slain but live on in the river of history." -- Pauli Murray, Nov 20 - 1910 - July 1, 1985 The Trump regime wants to erase Pauli's legacy. Don't let them.
“If the president can do whatever the president wants with respect to tariff rates based on declaring a national emergency and national emergencies are nonreviewable, then basically, Congress no longer has a role to play," @gregorycshaffer.bsky.social told @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social.
Courthouse News@courthousenews.bsky.social · 11mo agoEarly next month, President Donald Trump’s one-man international trade war will face scrutiny from the Supreme Court in a pivotal moment for the future of democratic governance in the United States. @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/major-questi...
A powerful address of @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social It is important for all law students and those in the academy, and indeed for everyone, given at the graduate students luncheon at this year's meeting of LSA in Chicago @lawandsociety.bsky.social. Pass it on: www.lawandsociety.org/2025/08/06/l...
LSA 2025 Graduate Student & Early Career Workshop: Keynote Address with Michele Goodwin - Law and Society Association
Georgetown Law Professor Michele Goodwin gave a keynote address at the LSA2025 Graduate Student Early Career Workshop in Chicago.
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a very powerful address
Law and Society Association@lawandsociety.bsky.social · last yr.An excerpt of @georgetownlaw.bsky.social Professor @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social’s 2025 LSA Presidential Address is now available online! Watch an excerpt of “To be a Citizen: What it Means to be a Person” here: bit.ly/lsa25presaddress
Gaza Hospitals Report 15 Starvation Deaths in 24 Hours, Hunger-related Deaths Up to 101 www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Gaza hospitals report 15 starvation deaths in 24 hours, hunger-related deaths up to 101
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Dozens of Palestinians were killed across Gaza on Sunday as they tried to get food aid, according to local health authorities, one of the deadliest days in recent months for those seeking assistance. By Joe Hernandez, @danielestrin.bsky.social and Anas Baba
Nearly 100 people killed seeking aid in Gaza on Sunday, Palestinian officials say
Dozens of Palestinians were killed across Gaza on Sunday as they tried to get food aid, according to local health authorities, one of the deadliest days in recent months for those seeking assistance.
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