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Protected Persons and the ‘Geographic Nexus’ Requirement in the DoD Law of War Manual

6 Feb 2024, 5:22 am by Eliav Lieblich

Then, I argue that the geographical nexus requirement, in fact, is extremely difficult to defend in terms of the lex lata, legal policy, literature or practice.[1] This piece does not, however, discuss in detail the obligations in fact owed to Protected Persons in situations or territories once the geographic nexus requirement is rejected. [read post]

Just Security - https://www.justsecurity.org/

Section 179: The Support Lawyer’s Million Dollar Nightmare

5 Feb 2024, 7:23 am by Mark Ashton

Why does the divorce lawyer care? [read post]

Pennsylvania Family Law - http://pafamilylaw.foxrothschild.com/

A User’s Guide to Trump v. Anderson, Part Four: Trump’s Argument That His Tenure as President Did Not Subject Him to Section 3 Because the President is Not an “Officer of the United States”

3 Feb 2024, 9:52 am by Marty Lederman

” As a recent article by John Vlahoplus&nb [read post]

Balkinization - http://balkin.blogspot.com/

Look Away: How the Supreme Court Could Set Aside Trump’s Disqualification for Insurrection under the Fourteenth Amendment

2 Feb 2024, 6:51 am by Dean Falvy

II, Sec. 1). [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

IARC’S Fundamental Distinction Between Hazard and Risk – Lost in the Flood

1 Feb 2024, 12:45 pm by admin

Socrates viewed philosophy as beginning in wonder,[1] but Socrates and his philosophic heirs recognized that philosophy does not get down to business until it starts to clarify the terms of discussion. [read post]

Tortini - http://schachtmanlaw.com/blog/

Clearinghouse: 2016 Election Interference Case – Manhattan District Attorney

1 Feb 2024, 7:00 am by Norman L. Eisen

.: IND-71543-23 Charging documents and arraignment State of New York response to Trump request for a bill of particulars (May 16, 2023) Trump request for bill of particulars (April 27, 2023) Arraignment hearing transcript (April 4, 2023) Trump Indictment (indicted on March 30, 2023 released on April 4, 2023) and statement of facts (April 4, 2023) Order on media access to Trump arraignment (April 3, 2023) Motions to Dismiss State of New York sur-reply in opposition to Trump omnibus motions… [read post]

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IRS Seeks to Enforce Summons Related to Deferred Sales Trust

30 Jan 2024, 11:07 am by Matt Roberts

For additional information on IRS administration summonses and enforcement actions, see: Release the Kraken Tax Transaction Information The IRS is Hunting for Cryptocurrency Investors with John Doe Summonses [read post]

Dollars & Sense - https://dollarsandsense.grayreed.com/

Guest Post: Is It Ever Too Early To Engage A Corporate Governance Expert?

30 Jan 2024, 9:50 am by Kevin LaCroix

However, even where defense counsel does not retain the expert, the insurers in the case may do so, albeit more limited in what they can share with the expert without defense counsel cooperation. [read post]

The D & O Diary - http://www.dandodiary.com/

The Fulton County Disqualification Allegations: Myths, Facts and Unknowns

30 Jan 2024, 6:00 am by Norman L. Eisen

But Roman does not prove his claim. [read post]

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[Kurt Lash] Section Three and the "First Insurrection" … That Wasn't

29 Jan 2024, 8:09 am by Kurt Lash

John B. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Alabama AG Hails "Historic" and "Humane" Execution by Nitrogen Gas After Condemned Man Shook and Writhed for Minutes, Pulling Against Restraints

29 Jan 2024, 4:00 am by Michael C. Dorf

But:(1) Long-time readers of this blog (including, say, this essay) know that, while I think that many well-intentioned people work at PETA and the organization does some very useful work, its sexist campaigns undermine our cause and it hardly speaks for all of us who care about the wellbeing of non-human animals.(2) Even PETA wasn't arguing that depriving birds of oxygen by substituting another gas is painless. [read post]

Dorf on Law - http://www.dorfonlaw.org/

[Josh Blackman] Professor Akhil Reed Amar and Professor Vikram Amar Retreat From Their "Global" Rule for the "Offices" and "Officers" of the Constitution

27 Jan 2024, 7:54 pm by Josh Blackman

See John Randolph Tucker, General Amnesty, 126 N. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Landmark Cases on Punitive Damages

26 Jan 2024, 1:00 pm by ernst

Table of Contents after the jump.1. [read post]

Legal History Blog - http://legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/

Conference: "Cooperation, Competition and Conflict in East Asia (15-16 February 2024) Hosted by the William & Mary Global Research Institute Security and Foreign Policy Initiative

25 Jan 2024, 4:30 pm

But how, precisely, does China’s rise threaten those interests, and how should Washington respond? [read post]