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Foreign Policy
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Althouse
We're at war. If you find yourself cheering for the other side, you've lost your way.
By Ann Althouse
The word traitor gets thrown around too much.But, uh, this is a United States senator openly cheering on Iran against American military forces. pic.twitter.com/TYVYGO44oR— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) April 21, 2026 And…
Simple Justice
The Future of NATO
Karoline Leavitt told the White House press corp that NATO was “tested and failed.” She further stated that Trump would be discussing with the NATO secretary general the possibility of…
Simple Justice
Trump’s America And Moral Equivalence
One of the most incomprehensible aspects of Trump’s foreign policy decision-making is his abject refusal to do lay any responsibility, any blame, on Vladimir Putin and Russia. Jay Nordingler wrote…
India Legal
A Presidency At Odds With Allies, Institutions—And Itself
By Kenneth Tiven “Double, double toil and trouble.” Shakespeare’s witches in Macbeth might have scripted the present moment in Washington. Barely a fortnight into the Iran conflict, US President Donald…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
Spotlight on Sanctions
By David Harris (UK), Madeleine Parker, Lubna Fahoum, Matthew Worby, Alexander Cappel, Nils Ostermeier, Johannes Brehm, Stefan H. Reisinger (US), Kelly Zhang, Stephen Nattrass
In parallel with shifting foreign policy objectives and geopolitical change, we are seeing a wave of regulatory action concerning sanctions across the United States, Canada, the European Union and the…
JURIST
US sanctions Rwanda military for supporting DRC rebel group
The US Treasury Department on Monday imposed sanctions on the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) and four of its top military officials over their support, training, and fighting alongside M23 rebels in…
Simple Justice
Trump And The Pottery Barn Rule
Bush Secretary of State Colin Powell called it the “Pottery Barn Rule.” You break it, you own it. President W owned Operation Iraqi Freedom because he broke it, learning too…
Balkinization
A Different Approach to War Powers Regulation
By davidsuperbalkin-blogspot-com
Whatever one thinks of the merits of President Trump’s attacks on Venezuela and Iran, and his threats against Greenland, they certainly sound the death knell for Congress’s constitutional…
Balkinization
The Youngstown Concurrence Empowering the President Abroad
By gerardn-maglioccabalkin-blogspot-com
One notable aspect of Justice Jackson's Youngstown concurrence is its deference to the President's unilateral authority to use force overseas. The OLC's most common citation of the opinion is:"I should…
Althouse
"I might be a Democrat, but in this specific case, the president is absolutely correct to do these kinds of actions."
By Ann Althouse
'BIZZARRE': Senator John Fetterman calls out his fellow Democrats who don't agree with the U.S. and Israel's strike on Iran:"I'd like to remind my colleague over in the House that…