Trump Fails to See How Blackwater Pardons Could Fuel Retaliation for Soleimani's Death
As usual, Trump doesn’t see the link between his Blackwater pardons and potential retaliation on Soleimani’s death anniversary. US President Trump does not understand foreign policy. As usual, he cannot fathom the links between his at-first-sight isolated decisions and the larger US foreign policy and security picture. Look no further than his recent Blackwater pardons [...]
Postponing Confirmation Hearings for the Benefit of the Supreme Court and the Nation
The tumultuous controversy about whether President Trump and the Senate should try to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat before the upcoming election presents high stake political and constitutional risks for both Republicans and Democrats. It also presents risks for long-term public confidence in the integrity of the Supreme Court. Republicans can hardly [...]
Britain is a country of animal lovers and has a long history of spearheading animal protection measures with global reach. This history can be traced back to 1822 with the introduction of Martin’s Act. The Brambell Report of 1965 and the UK joining forces with European Communities, the predecessor to the EU, in 1973 were [...]
Sears Holding Corp. sued its former chairman Eddie Lampert, his hedge fund ESL investments, and others including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Wednesday, claiming that they siphoned billions of dollars from the company’s holdings in advance of its bankruptcy. Lampert purchased most of Sears’ assets in February, including the DieHard and Kenmore brands, after a bankruptcy [...]
JURIST Contributing Editor, Professor Emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, and author Marjorie Cohn discusses the constitutional violations resulting from the executive order banning nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries ... On January 27, 2017, President Trump made good on...
Detroit's Chapter 9 Bankruptcy and the Grinch Who Stole Their Pensions
Charles Tabb, University of Illinois College of Law
Second US soldier pleads guilty to murdering Afghanistan civilians
Private Andrew Holmes, 21, pleaded guilty on Thursday to murdering a teenage Afghan civilian that he knew was unarmed. Holmes is the second soldier to plead guilty of five who have been charged with murder as part...
Specialist Jeremy Morlock pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of murder as part of a plot contrived with fellow soldiers to kill Afghan civilians. At the court-martial, held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord , Morlock also...
US soldier charged in civilian deaths accepts plea bargain: report
Specialist Jeremy Morlock has accepted a plea agreement offered by US Army prosecutors, according to a Washington Post report Wednesday. Under the agreement, Morlock, charged in June in the deaths of three Afghan civilians...
US soldier pleads guilty to firing on unarmed Afghan civilians
Staff Sergeant Robert Stevens pleaded guilty on Wednesday to shooting two unarmed Afghan farmers at a trial held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord . Stevens pleaded guilty to aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon, wrongfully tossing a...
