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Second, the international law of armed conflict still applies to United States forces. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Law , Military , International Law

Simplified: The international law of armed conflict still applies to United States forces

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To even mention Tren de Aragua in the same breath as Al Qaeda, much less Imperial Japan, illustrates the absurdity of the administration’s argument. 0.950

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Simplified: Mentioning Tren de Aragua in the same breath as Al Qaeda illustrates the absurdity of the administration’s argument

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It can’t be compared to Pearl Harbor, to Sept. 11 or to any other attack on American citizens or troops, or allied citizens or troops. 1.000

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Simplified: It cannot be compared to Pearl Harbor Sept 11 or any other attack on American or allied citizens or troops

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A crime — even a crime as vicious as trafficking hard drugs into the United States — is not an act of war. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Law , Military , Politics

Simplified: A crime is not an act of war

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The president does have authority as commander in chief to respond to immediate military threats, like an armed attack, before a declaration of war, but he is not supposed to initiate new hostilities... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Law , Military , Politics

Simplified: The president has authority as commander in chief to respond to immediate military threats before a declaration of war but is not supposed to initiate...

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First, the Constitution grants Congress the exclusive power to declare war. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Law , Military , Politics

Simplified: The Constitution grants Congress the exclusive power to declare war

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In the United States, we have two firewalls against unjust and unlawful wars. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Law , Military , International Law , Politics

Simplified: In the United States we have two firewalls against unjust and unlawful wars

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Hamas’s attack did not give Israel carte blanche to fight however it desires. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Law , Military , International Law

Simplified: Hamas’s attack did not give Israel carte blanche to fight however it desires

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The controversies are, for the most part, over jus in bello, Israel’s conduct in the war. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Law , Military , International Law

Simplified: Controversies are mostly over jus in bello Israel’s conduct in the war

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Conversely, when debating Israel’s war in Gaza, jus ad bellum is satisfied: Hamas’s attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, gave Israel the legal right to respond with military force, even to the point of removing H... 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Law , Military , International Law

Simplified: When debating Israel’s war in Gaza jus ad bellum is satisfied Hamas’s attacks on Oct 7 2023 gave Israel the legal right to respond with military force

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International law prohibits wars of aggression and territorial conquest, so Russia’s war itself is a crime, regardless of how the military behaves. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Law , Military , International Law

Simplified: International law prohibits wars of aggression and territorial conquest so Russia’s war is a crime regardless of military behavior

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Why? Because there was no justification for the initial invasion. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Law , Military , International Law

Simplified: There was no justification for the initial invasion

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Russia’s war in Ukraine would be lawless, for example, even if President Vladimir Putin confined himself to conducting airstrikes against only military targets, and even if his troops behaved scrupulo... 0.950

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Simplified: Russia’s war in Ukraine would be lawless even if Putin confined himself to airstrikes against military targets and if his troops behaved scrupulously

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Republican governors have called the flood of migrants across the southern border an “invasion” and sought to unlock their own war powers to respond to illegal immigration. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Immigration , Law

Simplified: Republican governors called migrant flood an invasion sought war powers

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There must be a legal basis for the use of force, and the force that is used must also be lawful. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Law , Military

Simplified: There must be a legal basis for force and the force used must also be lawful

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For the use of military force to be lawful, it must satisfy the requirements of both doctrines. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Law , Military

Simplified: For military force to be lawful it must satisfy requirements of both doctrines

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If it’s lawful to fight, then how must I fight? 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Law , Military

Simplified: If it is lawful to fight then how must I fight

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Jus in bello refers to conduct within the war. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Law , Military

Simplified: Jus in bello refers to conduct within the war

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In other words, when is it legal to fight? 1.000

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Simplified: When is it legal to fight

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Members of the National Guard patrolling American streets could be granted broad authority to use deadly force, circumventing due process through a hail of gunfire. 0.850

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Military , Law , Politics

Simplified: National Guard members could be granted broad authority to use deadly force circumventing due process

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