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With NYT scoop on Trump's having eyed options to strike Iran, and may yet strike "Iranian assets and allies"
@EricSchmittNYT @maggieNYT @SangerNYT @helenecooper @jakesNYT report
Here are two significant legal issues...
First, just published.
<thread> https://www.justsecurity.org/73412/revisiting-the-office-of-legal-counsels-override-opinion/
@EricSchmittNYT @maggieNYT @SangerNYT @helenecooper @jakesNYT report
Here are two significant legal issues...
First, just published.
<thread> https://www.justsecurity.org/73412/revisiting-the-office-of-legal-counsels-override-opinion/
2. Author of that @just_security article, Brian Finucane, is attorney-adviser in Dept of State, writing in his personal capacity.
He dissects flaws in 1989 OLC Opinion (written by Bill Barr at the time) that would allow POTUS to unilaterally use force in violation of UN Charter.
He dissects flaws in 1989 OLC Opinion (written by Bill Barr at the time) that would allow POTUS to unilaterally use force in violation of UN Charter.
3. Finucane's longer law review article on the topic @Cornell_L_Rev is here:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3315698
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3315698
4. Second legal issue in light of NYT scoop:
The Presidential Transition Act specifically calls on Trump administration to brief Biden transition team on "pending decisions on possible uses of military force."
That's also being blocked by #GSA.
The Presidential Transition Act specifically calls on Trump administration to brief Biden transition team on "pending decisions on possible uses of military force."
That's also being blocked by #GSA.
