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Ryan Goodman is an American legal scholar who is the Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Professor of Law at NYU School of Law and is the founding co-editor-in-chief of its website Just Security, which focuses on U.S. national security law and policy. Goodman joined the NYU faculty in 2009. .. more
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"The Justice Department said Wednesday that finishing the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein files could take a 'few more weeks,' further delaying compliance with a Dec. 19 deadline set by Congress."
apnews.com/article/trum...
Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
Reposted by Robert C. Richards
Fact Checking Bari Weiss: The Stated Reasons for Spiking 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT”
"If 60 Minutes had 'explained this' as Weiss described they should, the segment would have included false or highly misleading information."
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
On left, Bari Weiss states that she spiked the 60 Minutes piece because:
"The admin has argued in court that detainees are due 'judicial review.'"
On right, Pam Bondi Memorandum states:
"An alien determined to be an Alien Enemy and ordered removed ... is not entitled to ... judicial review."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Bari Weiss: 60 Minutes segment failed to show Government view that CECOT detainees are due judicial review
On right:
Judge Boasberg Dec 22: "The Government itself has not even contested that the detainees who now make up the CECOT class received inadequate process prior to their removal"
"and other statutes, you know, privileges and things like that"
www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-pre...
Full text: www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Reposted by Stephen M. Walt
Also in full here (too long for alt-text window):
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/6...
Barry Weiss on Monday: "We need to be able to get the principals on the record and on camera."
On right:
Alfonsi on Sun: "If the standard for airing a story becomes 'the government must agree to be interviewed' ... we go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state."
Reposted by Luke Moffett, Ryan Goodman
By Michael Schmitt and Ryan Goodman
@mikeschmitt.bsky.social @rgoodlaw.bsky.social
Reposted by W. Andy Knight, Ryan Goodman
BLANCHE: That's a Bureau of Prisons security issue that I will not talk about
WELKER: Did you have anything to do with it?
BLANCHE: I am responsible for the Bureau of Prisons, so every decision they make lands on my desk
Reposted by Robert C. Richards
Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell Law Enforcement Failures (1996-2025)
with links to all the publicly available documents
Reposted by W Grant
Note how Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche's letter to Congress says DOJ is redacting information not only permitted by the Epstein Act but also ... the Privacy Act.⬇️
"The Attorney General shall ... make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format."
NYT:
The DOJ "website also contains a search function, though it is unclear if it’s working properly. A query for 'Epstein' returned no results."
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Reposted by Michael D. McDonald
Smells like more of a coverup
This is a violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Deputy Attorney General Blanche in video:
"I expect that we're going to release more documents over the next couple of weeks."
Here's the LAW:
Reposted by Robert C. Richards
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Blockading Venezuela: The International Law Consequences
Reported by @ellenwapo.bsky.social @alexhorton.bsky.social @danlamothe.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
"Adm. Frank M. Bradley, told lawmakers that the military knew one of the 11 was a member of a DTO and the other 10 were affiliates, according to two U.S. officials."
"The assessment of 'affiliation' is based on a number of factors, including the presence of drugs on board the vessel and its route, as well as intercepts of communications, the current and former officials said."
DoD allows killing members of 24 'designated terrorist organizations' AND affiliates:
“When you define DTO and affiliate so loosely and you’re attacking boats, [the guidelines are] basically meaningless,” former official said.
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Reposted by Ryan Goodman
1) US military strikes in or against #Venezuela would be unlawful. There is no self-defense justification to use force to dislodge #Maduro, or otherwise.
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