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Michael J. Kelly

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International Law Professor, Creighton University. Currently in political exile. Also teaching Climate Change & Constitutional Law against new authoritarian headwinds. Master of the Jedi mind trick in class. linkedin.com/in/publicinternational…

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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Instead of cancelling class 25 years ago, I walked into International Law at 1pm on 9/11 and faced my students. They were in tears. I told them the world had changed that day. We explored what would… ...
Instead of cancelling class 25 years ago, I walked into International Law at 1pm on 9/11 and faced my students. They were in tears. I told them the world had changed that day. We explored what would h...
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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Out in @justsecurity.org today, @michaeljkelly.bsky.social and I examine national approaches to AI governance, and explain why Canada's new AI strategy is really significant - because it is grounded in rule-of-law principles...1/3
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 06/08/2026
Canada's A.I. strategy, released in June, gestures toward the principle that ought to be at the center of A.I. governance -- the rule of law, write @craigxmartin.bsky.social and @michaeljkelly.bsky.social. They outline what other middle powers can learn from Canada's approach to A.I.:
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The Global Significance of Canada’s New AI Strategy
Other middle powers should emulate Canada’s focus on the rule of law as a central principle of A.I. governance.
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Here’s our latest on nuclear-powered AI data centers.
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
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Trump says 'a whole civilization will die tonight' if Iran does not make a deal | Michael Kelly
When the Roman Senate authorized the civilizational erasure of Carthage in 149 B.C., launching the 3rd Punic War, that was genocide. Carthage was erased. Civilizational erasure = genocide. My dear col...
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
@gtconway.bsky.social, When the Roman Senate authorized the civilizational erasure of Carthage in 149 B.C., launching the 3rd Punic War, that was genocide. Carthage was erased. Civilizational erasure = genocide. “A civilization will die tonight. Never to be brought back again.”
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
@georgetakei.bsky.social sadly there are many dark parallels. Here’s our legal analogy re: Korematsu news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-exchan...
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ICE’s Relocation of Minnesota Detainees Echo Korematsu Mistakes (1)
Opinion: ICE's movement of immigrants in Minnesota to faraway detention facilities has parallels to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
@maddow.bsky.social I’m glad others are drawing this analogy we drew on Bloomberg a few weeks ago: news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-exchan...
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ICE’s Relocation of Minnesota Detainees Echo Korematsu Mistakes (1)
Opinion: ICE's movement of immigrants in Minnesota to faraway detention facilities has parallels to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Our OpEd on Bloomberg comparing ICE’s relocation of detainees to relocation of Japanese in 1942. @georgetakei.bsky.social take a look, we must remember! news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-exchan...
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ICE’s Relocation of Minnesota Detainees Echo Korematsu Mistakes (1)
Opinion: ICE's movement of immigrants in Minnesota to faraway detention facilities has parallels to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Trump’s Board of Peace with Belarus, Russia, and Kazakhstan.
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Up on C-SPAN this week explaining the fiasco in Venezuela: www.c-span.org/program/wash...
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Michael Kelly on the Legality of U.S. Capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
Michael Kelly talked about the legality of the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Now appearing in #Hamilton #NoKings
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Omaha! #NoKings
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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
In this piece on @opiniojuris.bsky.social, @michaeljkelly.bsky.social and I explore how the Trump AI Action Plan increases the risk of uncontrolled emergence of AGI, and why the risks posed by AGI requires the development of global governance framework tailored to address it.
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The Global Risk in Trump’s AI Action Plan and the Need for Governance - Opinio Juris
[Craig Martin is a Professor of Law and Co-Director of the International and Comparative Law Center at Washburn University School of Law in the United States. Professor Michael J. Kelly holds the Sen. Allen Sekt Endowed Chair in Law at Creighton University and co-chairs the American Bar Association’s Task Force on Internet Governance.] There has been considerable analysis of President...
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
So @oliviaoftroye.com and @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social, I think my chatbot’s graphic sums it up:
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 14/05/2025
Andor is one of the best television shows ever made.
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'Andor' Series Finale recap: Unstoppable force
After forty years of fandom, forty years of it being a catchphrase, “May the Force be with you” meant something to me again.
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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
I reviewed 'Jedha, Kyber, Erso', the final episode of ANDOR and a brilliantly restrained sendoff to one of the most extraordinary television programs of all time. Freedom is a pure idea. www.patreon.com/posts/128906...
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 16/04/2025
[2/2] Kelly's “Trump’s Endgame for the War in Ukraine” www.justsecurity.org/105451/trump... Koh's “National Security Resilience and Reform: Trump 2.0 and Beyond” www.justsecurity.org/106146/natio... Starsovit's “Making Russia Pay to Strengthen Ukraine” by www.justsecurity.org/author/staro...
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Trump’s Endgame for the War in Ukraine
An overview of how bargains between Trump and Putin may play out and leave impoverished the vital interests of Ukraine.
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 16/04/2025
[1/2] 3:30pmET at #ASILAM: “Impact of Trump’s Election on the War of Ukraine” featuring Margaret de Guzman, @michaeljkelly.bsky.social, Harold Hongju Koh, and Svitlana Starosvit. Pre-panel must reads ⬇️
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
@rbreich.bsky.social Omaha, Nebraska! 🇺🇸
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Omaha, Nebraska! 🇺🇸 #HandsOff
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Omaha, Nebraska!
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Omaha, Nebraska!
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Omaha!
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
This is how it's done. A strong and principled response by WilmerHale to the illegal Executive Order attack - a form of attempted government intimidation declared unconstitutional by a federal judge. This is how to guard the rule of law.
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Here is the full 68 page opinion from the judge: www.linkedin.com/posts/public...
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#73 in Does 1-26 v. Musk (D. Maryland, 8:25-cv-00462) – CourtListener.com | Michael Kelly
Here is federal District Court Judge Theodore Chuang’s full 68-page ruling released today finding Elon Musk is likely unconstitutionally leading DOGE in…
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Outstanding op-ed calling for judicial accountability by my colleague @paulmcgreal.bsky.social thehill.com/opinion/judi...
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Best news I’ve heard all day. Rahm will bring a shiv to the alley fight instead of a strongly worded letter. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Rahm Emanuel Is Gearing Up to Run for President
The former Chicago mayor is already on the hustings, finding new ways to attack Trumpism from the center.
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Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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