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The U.S. has long ignored many commands of international law, but its casual disregard of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has…
Marjorie Cohn
Marjorie Cohn is professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, dean of the People's Academy of International Law, and former president of the National Lawyers Guild. She is a member of the national advisory boards of Veterans For Peace and Assange Defense, and is a member of the bureau of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers and the U.S. representative to the continental advisory council of the Association of American Jurists. Her books include Drones and Targeted Killing: Legal, Moral and Geopolitical Issues.
As reports about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and concerns about Joe Biden’s ability to beat him continue to permeate headlines,…
Today, Americans celebrate Independence Day, commemorating the Declaration ofIndependence when the colonists threw off the yoke of King George III. When they…
On June 28, the six reactionary members of the Supreme Court put a final nail in the coffin of Chevron v. Natural…
After a 14-year struggle, including five years spent in Belmarsh, a maximum-security prison in London, WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange is finally free. Under the terms…
In a 6-3 ruling, the reactionary majority of the Supreme Court placed the right to marriage equality squarely on the chopping block. The…
A lawsuit accusing U.S. President Joe Biden and some of his top officials of complicity in genocide had its latest hearing this…
On June 4, a coalition of active-duty service members, veterans and G.I. rights groups launched a campaign called Appeal for Redress V2 to encourage…
Seven months into its genocidal campaign, Israel’s assault on Rafah led the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue a preliminary order…
From the First Amendment to the European Convention on Human Rights, Assange’s defense relies on freedom of expression. On May 20, a…