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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)

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C. Lamont @intlaw.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Jag skriver om den svenska regleringen av polisiär ”tillfällig” kombattantstatus i Polistidningen i ett försök att bidra med sakargument i en annars väldigt känslostyrd debatt. Läs här: polistidningen.se/2025/11/till...

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"Tillfällig" kombattantstatus försvagar försvaret av Sverige - Polistidningen

Det är varken ”naivt”, ”verklighetsfrånvänt” eller ”absurt” att föreslå att poliser bör ha civil status, skriver debattören Carina Lamont.

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C. Lamont @intlaw.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Privatization is taking us back to medieval times. Read more in the Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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Feudalism Is Our Future

What the next Dark Ages could look like

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

The targeting of police by itself raises serious law of war issues because they often appear not to be lawful targets. But in the current situation in Gaza such attacks only compound the humanitarian crisis by interfering with aid delivery.

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Shannon E French @sefrench.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Please take a moment and read this. Pauline doesn’t just teach ethical principles, she lives by them - even when it cost her a named Chair at the Naval War College. She’s a woman of character, through and through!

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C. Lamont @intlaw.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

State leaders and leaders of regional organizations alike must be vigorous in defending the international order and the prohibition on the use of force. Appeasing to Trump will lead us back to a world where might is right. This is not good enough #NATO #EU www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

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Might Unmakes Right

The catastrophic collapse of norms against the use of force.

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C. Lamont @intlaw.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Just to add to this interesting piece: The rules ”made and enforced by Washington” is not to be equated to international law. International law was not made by Washington or the US. International law has specific sources and enforcement mechanisms that is determined by international legal norms.

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C. Lamont @intlaw.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Read @oonahathaway.bsky.social excellent piece on the unlawfulness of the strikes on #Iran: ”Trump’s Strikes on Iran Were Unlawful. Here’s Why That Matters. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/o...

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Opinion | Trump’s Strikes on Iran Were Unlawful. Here’s Why That Matters.

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C. Lamont @intlaw.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

The most serious threat to the rules based international order is the selective application of the rules for political purposes. Without equal application to all and the rule of law— rather than rule by law— the order will not survive.

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C. Lamont @intlaw.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Self defence requires an armed attack that is ongoing or so imminent it cannot be stopped. Collective self defence can only be provided to a victim state— not an aggressor state— and requires that an armed attack has occurred. The #US attack on #Iran fulfills none of the required criteria.

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C. Lamont @intlaw.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I recently published a chapter in an edited book on the legal and operational consequences of the Swedish domestic law classifying the Swedish (civilian) police as combatants in times of armed conflict. You can find the chapter (in Swedish) here: www.studentlitteratur.se/kurslitterat...

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Folkrätten i svensk rätt - 9789144159508

Författare: Lind, Anna-Sara m.fl. (red.), Kategori: Bok, Sidantal: 498, Pris: 489 kr exkl. moms

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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

"The two-page memo, which was obtained by The Associated Press, does not allege any criminal conduct by Khalil" "Rather, Rubio wrote Khalil could be expelled for his beliefs." Free this man immediately. apnews.com/article/mahm...

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Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs

The U.S. government has submitted a two-page memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio as its main evidence in its deportation case against Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil.

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Alonso Gurmendi @alonso-gd.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

The West will never be forgiven for its complicity in the genocide of Palestinians. No one will ever again listen to its empty rhetoric about accountability, human rights and rule of law. They have proven right those who long believed they did not see racialised people as human

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Why would a leader tank his own country's economy? It's a key part of the aspiring autocrat's playbook. Tariffs & chaos mean more power & control for Trump. But America has no king. The Republican-led Congress can stop this at any time. Let your reps hear from you. 5calls.org/issue/trump-...

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 28/03/2025

What a Friday morning. - Trump administration appeals Alien Enemies Act TRO to U.S. Supreme Court - WilmerHale sues on Exec Order against the firm - Jenner & Block sues on Exec Order against the firm - ACLU files amended habeas petition for Rümeysa Öztürk All documents in Litigation Tracker⬇️

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Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions

A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.

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@DrJenHo @drjenho.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I have co-written a statement about the fascist coup happening in the US. In light of the unlawful arrest by ICE of a Tufts PhD student, I understand my 1st Amendment rights and Academic Freedom may not protect me, but this seems the least I can do docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Statement to the BFA about Our Constitutional Crisis

Our Constitutional Crisis & the Perilous State of US Democracy [Statement to be shared with the Boulder Faculty Assembly for the May 1 meeting] We are watching a coup unfold in real time. The federal...

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C. Lamont @intlaw.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Legality even less likely in light of the leaked justifications for recent strikes…

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C. Lamont @intlaw.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

There are “serious doubts … whether the justification… by the US and the UK… renders their strikes lawful under the ius ad bellum. (…) [strikes] being pursued for political reasons… leaving aside the legal limits provided for military actions in the UN Charter.” www.ejiltalk.org/the-lawfulne...

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The Lawfulness of military strikes against the Houthis in Yemen and the Red Sea

For almost two months, since January 11, 2024, the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK), with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands, have been conducting airstrikes ag...

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C. Lamont @intlaw.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

It is absolutely vital for all law firms, lawyers, legal institutions and the entire justice sector to stay true to the law, legal proceedings and the rule of law in these brutal times. It also seems crucial to explain the place, value and role of law in society— whether national or international

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C. Lamont @intlaw.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

This is one of many reports on ICE operations, indicating that neither the organisation as such nor individual ICE professionals are sufficiently capable of respecting and ensuring basic human rights and rule of law processes. This is very concerning.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 21/03/2025

⚡️'Putin will breach' peace deal without security guarantees, Starmer says. "We know that because it's happened before, and I am absolutely clear in my mind that it will happen again," U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said at a meeting of military planners from 31 countries.

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'Putin will breach' peace deal without security guarantees, Starmer says

"We know that because it's happened before, and I am absolutely clear in my mind that it will happen again," U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said at a meeting of military planners from 31 countries.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Silicon Valley guys casting government employees as lazy, parasitic, and malevolent seems like a giant case of projection imo

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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

❗️🇨🇦Canada in talks to join 🇪🇺Europe's defense initiative aimed at boosting EU military production and reducing dependence on the 🇺🇸US, — NYT

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

⚡️FIGHT THE OLIGARCHY RALLY ⚡️ STARTING TOMORROW. Nevada. Arizona. Colorado. You, me, and Bernie. Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙 See you there 💪🏽🌞

Fight the Oligarchy Rally Poster with event details for: Las Vegas, NV, Tempe, AZ, Greeley, CO, Denver, CO, and Tucson, AZ

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James Joseph @jamesjoseph.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

ACADEMIC/ ICL LAWYERS WANTED FOR INTERVIEW: One of my team is looking for interviewees for her LLM project at Leiden University on "Challenging the Hierarchy of Criminal Justice: Civil Society, People’s Tribunals, and Victim-Centered Accountability in International Law".. cont... 1/2

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C. Lamont @intlaw.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Interesting and timely discussion on a fundamental topic. Don’t miss out if you’re in ”the neighborhood”…

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C. Lamont @intlaw.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

As a legal scholar it is surprising (and yes sometimes frustrating) to realize the lack of understanding in society in general of why humans have created something called “law”, the value of it, and why the law itself differs both from how law is created and how it is upheld.

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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Tenacity of law? "Legal rules, once created, live on." — Alan Watson (1933-2018)

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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

The arrest warrant for Duterte for the crime against humanity of murder 👇 It was issued under seal and enforced by police in Manila.

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Desiree LeClercq @desireelc.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

On this daylight saving time day, I'm happy to post my new paper, Resisting Federal Preemption, which shows how states' collective strategies to persuade the federal government to change its preempting approach holds significant promise for the current hostile climate papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Resisting Federal Preemption

<p><span>One of the most pressing issues in constitutional law is how states may—and should—resist federal preempting laws and policies with which they disagree

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Eliav Lieblich @eliavl.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

1/ The world is ending but I wrote an article (forthcoming YJIL) about the prohibition on forcible reprisals. It analyzes its theoretical underpinnings and assumptions on world order, focuses on recent cases and suggests how to think about reprisals normatively. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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C. Lamont @intlaw.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

“This is not a time for caution. VSOs should be leading the charge to defend our constitutional system. They have the platform, credibility, and reach to sound the alarm in ways few others can.” www.justsecurity.org/108896/veter...

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Veterans Can’t Sit This One Out

Veteran Services Organizations and veterans should be leading the charge to defend our constitutional system

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

In recent years, the Supreme Court has made it *much* harder to sue federal officers for violating the Constitution. With the Trump DOJ asking the Court to go even further, today’s “One First” looks at the unpersuasive ways #SCOTUS has narrowed “Bivens” suits: www.stevevladeck.com/p/130-the-tr...

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130. The Trump Administration Goes After Bivens

An unusual cert.-stage amicus brief helps to drive home how difficult the Supreme Court has made it to obtain damages for constitutional violations by federal officers—and why that's a *big* problem.

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C. Lamont @intlaw.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

”Civicus described Trump’s actions since taking office as an “unparalleled attack on the rule of law” not seen “since the days of McCarthyism in the twentieth century”, stating that these moves erode the checks and balances essential to democracy.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms

Civicus, an international non-profit, puts country alongside Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia

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C. Lamont @intlaw.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

”The universities are next”….

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C. Lamont @intlaw.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

The future depends on us upholding human rights and, if I may add, the international legal order… (as opposed to the already undermined concept of rules based order)

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Ben Ward @bpward.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

With talk in Europe now of rearmament and the need for new security structures, it's vital European leaders and institutions keep human rights at the centre of their efforts. Democracy depends on it. My new piece for @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...

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Europe’s Democratic Future Depends on Human Rights

It’s been a deeply sobering and troubling few weeks for people who care about the future of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law in Europe.

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

if you haven’t watched this speech in full by French senator, Claude Malhuret, it’s very very much worth the eight minutes of your time to take it in: youtu.be/4ka9uYFebN0

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Speech by Claude Malhuret - March 5, 2025 - Fight the dictator backed by a traitor

YouTube video by Sembilani Sepuluhi

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 08/03/2025

⚡️Sweden will provide 22.5 million Swedish kroner ($2.2 million) to support Ukrainian women, the Swedish Embassy in Ukraine announced on March 8. According to the embassy’s post on X, the funding aims to “empower women in Ukraine” and support their contributions to the country’s defense and recovery.

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Sweden to allocate $2.2 million in support of Ukrainian women

Sweden will provide over $2 million (22.5 million Swedish kronor) to support Ukrainian women, the Swedish Embassy in Ukraine announced on March 8.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/03/2025

“Any casual observer of the Supreme Court can see what many prestigious constitutional lawyers can’t, which is that the conservative justices are frequently accomplices to Trump’s assault on democracy,” writes Adam Serwer.

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Why Trump Thanked John Roberts

The conservative justices are frequently accomplices to Trump’s assault on democracy.

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C. Lamont @intlaw.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Calling on all politicians, #scholars of political science, #policy makers and diplomats around the world to make use of #internationallaw and use it as the tool for #peace it was intended to be.Throwing int law out with the shifting political order is like throwing the baby out with the bath water.

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C. Lamont @intlaw.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

In turbulent times, political approaches to international law can make or brake international law. But— violations of international law do not erase international law. But States— and politicians— can either protect or undermine the international legal order by the way the make use (or not) of it.

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Mind Your Attitude: The Erosion of International Law?

Recurring breaches and non-enforcement of international law have persisted since the adoption of the UN Charter and the establishment of the post-World War II (WWII) legal order, which remains in plac...

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