Search for: "Blackwater"
Results 1 - 20
of 649
Sort by Relevance
|
Sort by Date
29 Nov 2023, 10:46 am
[Serial-blogging my recent article in the Notre Dame Law Review] On Monday, I started serial-blogging my article, The Myth of the Federal Private Nondelegation Doctrine, which has just come out in the Notre Dame Law Review. [read post]
13 Apr 2023, 5:15 am
In recent history, prominent non-state actors such as Executive Outcomes were involved with African civil conflicts in the 1990s; Blackwater featured in the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions during the 2000s; and, now, the Wagner Group is active in Mali, Libya, the Central African Republic, and Ukraine. [read post]
6 Oct 2022, 9:20 am
The post Libel Lawsuit by Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Against <i>The Intercept</i> Rejected appeared first on Reason.com. [read post]
15 Mar 2022, 3:00 am
Imagine being detained by armed agents whenever you returned from traveling outside the country. [read post]
31 Jan 2022, 6:35 am
Must Recognize Indigenous Rights to Spectrum By Darrah Blackwater Arizona–Tribal 2021 Gaming Compact Amendments: What You Need to Know By Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier and Ed Hermes Bent But Not Broken – ICWA Stands: A Summary of “Brackeen v. [read post]
2 Jul 2021, 4:00 am
The donor, Erik Prince, is a hardline Trump supporter who founded the private military contractor Blackwater, now known as Academi. [read post]
13 Feb 2021, 4:26 pm
Third, through a series of case studies—addressing the conduct of Blackwater in Iraq, Facebook in Myanmar, and Airbnb in the West Bank—the article categorizes disparate forms of corporate conduct that implicate IHL in previously unforeseen ways and present unidentified regulatory challenges. [read post]
1 Jan 2021, 12:38 pm
” In the days before Christmas, President Donald Trump used this power to pardon or commute the sentences of over 40 people, including Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign manager; Charles Kushner, the father of Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner; Roger Stone, who was convicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller of obstruction of justice and other crimes; and four men who were convicted of killing Iraqi civilians while working as contractors for the private security… [read post]
31 Dec 2020, 6:00 am
Among the individuals granted pardons in the past week were “Blackwater mercenaries who were convicted for killing civilians in Iraq” and “two Border Patrol agents who attempted to cover up their shooting of a Mexican national fleeing arrest,” according to an NPR article. [read post]
31 Dec 2020, 6:00 am
Among the individuals granted pardons in the past week were “Blackwater mercenaries who were convicted for killing civilians in Iraq” and “two Border Patrol agents who attempted to cover up their shooting of a Mexican national fleeing arrest,” according to an NPR article. [read post]
30 Dec 2020, 4:22 pm
The UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries spoke out today on President Trump's pardons of private security contractors convicted by U.S. courts of War Crimes in Iraq. [read post]
30 Dec 2020, 9:13 am
” On September 16, 2007, Blackwater contractors in Nisour Square in Baghdad shot 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians dead and wounded at least 17 others in the wake of a car bomb explosion. [read post]
30 Dec 2020, 5:26 am
If you thought reforming the police was hard, if not impossible, imagine Blackwater patrolling the “nice” neighborhoods to make sure their lives are not disrupted by random gunfire. [read post]
29 Dec 2020, 1:10 pm
(Update: The pardoned Blackwater contractors were in fact convicted of murdering children). [read post]
29 Dec 2020, 10:49 am
These include some of the most prominent and controversial grants of clemency, including those issued to Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, George Papadopoulos, Michael Flynn, Charles Kushner and the four Blackwater contractors—Nicholas Slatten, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard. [read post]
25 Dec 2020, 10:41 am
” Washington Post“In an audacious pre-Christmas round of pardons, President Trump granted clemency on Tuesday to two people who pleaded guilty in the special counsel’s Russia inquiry, four Blackwater guards convicted in connection with the killing of Iraqi civilians [including two young children] and three corrupt former Republican members of Congress. [read post]
23 Dec 2020, 11:44 am
On Tuesday, Trump granted full pardons to the former Blackwater contractors. [read post]
23 Dec 2020, 11:26 am
The president granted four pardons to former Blackwater security contractors who were convicted on charges relating to the 2007 killing of 17 Iraqi civilians. [read post]
23 Dec 2020, 10:32 am
“Trump pardon list including Blackwater and GOP allies clashes with federal execution spree; Trump’s corrosive use of the pardon power and his rush to execute federal death row inmates will cement his presidency as one of the most unjust in history”: Law professor Jessica Levinson has this essay online at NBC News. [read post]
23 Dec 2020, 9:50 am
While several involved the more typical clemency for non-violent drug offenders, other recipients of a pardon have generated headlines and controversy: two were connected to the Robert Mueller investigation that resulted in the impeachment of President Trump, three more were former GOP congressmen convicted of financial wrongdoing, and four were former Blackwater contractors convicted of killing 14 civilians in Iraq.These latest acts of clemency have not yet been posted to the Justice… [read post]
