Simplified: Article 18 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice extends requirements of international law into U.S. military law and presidents do not have the pow...
Simplified: To mention Tren de Aragua in the same breath as Al Qaeda much less Imperial Japan illustrates the absurdity of the administration’s argument
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...
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
Simplified: Russia’s war in Ukraine would be lawless even if Putin confined himself to airstrikes against only military targets and if his troops behaved scrupulo...