Marjorie Cohn

As Security Council Stalls, There Are Other Ways to Stop US-Israeli War on Iran Universal jurisdiction also lets other nations prosecute US and Israeli leaders for targeting civilians — a war crime.

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Trump’s Cruelty Is Strangling Cuba — Its Oil Reserves Could Be Empty by March The Supreme Court struck down Trump’s threatened tariffs on countries that send oil to Cuba, but the crisis persists.

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Supreme Court Is Going to New Lengths to Hide Its Inner Workings From Scrutiny The high court now requires its employees to sign nondisclosure agreements that threaten legal action for leaks.

In my new article, I explain that the high court now requires its employees to sign nondisclosure agreements that threaten legal action for leaks.

Trump’s Back-and-Forth Threats on Iran Are Psychological Warfare As Trump threatens Iran yet again, Congress continues to abdicate its responsibility to rein in war.

The Trump administration has shown that it does not care about human rights. But if Washington were truly concerned, it would loosen its grip on Iran’s economy and allow civil society to strike and continue organizing for a political system that best fits the needs of people within the country.

Cuban Detainee in El Paso ICE Facility Died by Homicide, Autopsy Shows

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Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow

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Minnesota Should Charge ICE Agent With Murder Marjorie Cohn sizes up the legal considerations surrounding Jonathan Ross' fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis. By Marjorie Cohn Special to Consortium News On Jan. 7, less than a mile from ...

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Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland

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Trump Will Try to Defend Aggression Toward Venezuela. It’s Still Illegal. Forcible regime change and US occupation of Venezuela are also unlawful under the UN Charter.

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After Watergate, the Presidency Was Tamed. Trump Is Unleashing It.

In the 1970s, Congress passed a raft of laws to hold the White House accountable. President Trump has decided they don’t apply to him.

Live updates: US strikes Venezuela and says its leader has been captured and flown out of the country Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been captured by the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump's administration says he'll face charges on a New York indictment.

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The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Inauguration Speech

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US Relied on Illegal Sanctions to Seize Venezuelan Oil Tanker US armed forces’ seizure of the oil tanker constituted an unlawful use of force in violation of the UN Charter.

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Trump’s Illegal Boat Strikes Recall Duterte’s “Drug War” Mass Killings Former Philippine President Duterte awaits trial in the ICC for using the pretext of a drug war for his murder campaign.

Here's the new article I wrote. Former Philippine President Duterte awaits trial in the ICC for a crime against humanity for using the pretext of a drug war for his murder campaign. Trump should also be charged with a crime against humanity.