Michael J. Kelly
@michaeljkelly.bsky.social
International Law Professor, Creighton University. Currently in political exile. Also teaching Climate Change & Constitutional Law against new authoritarian headwinds. Master of the Jedi mind trick in class. http://linkedin.com/in/publicinternationallaw
October 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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In this piece on @opiniojuris.bsky.social, @michaeljkelly.bsky.social and I explore how the Trump AI Action Plan increases the risk of uncontrolled emergence of AGI, and why the risks posed by AGI requires the development of global governance framework tailored to address it.
The Global Risk in Trump’s AI Action Plan and the Need for Governance - Opinio Juris
[Craig Martin is a Professor of Law and Co-Director of the International and Comparative Law Center at Washburn University School of Law in the United States. Professor Michael J. Kelly holds the Sen. Allen Sekt Endowed Chair in Law at Creighton University and co-chairs the American Bar Association’s Task Force on Internet Governance.] There has been considerable analysis of President...
opiniojuris.org
October 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
In this piece on @opiniojuris.bsky.social, @michaeljkelly.bsky.social and I explore how the Trump AI Action Plan increases the risk of uncontrolled emergence of AGI, and why the risks posed by AGI requires the development of global governance framework tailored to address it.
So @oliviaoftroye.com and @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social, I think my chatbot’s graphic sums it up:
June 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
So @oliviaoftroye.com and @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social, I think my chatbot’s graphic sums it up:
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Andor is one of the best television shows ever made.
'Andor' Series Finale recap: Unstoppable force
After forty years of fandom, forty years of it being a catchphrase, “May the Force be with you” meant something to me again.
decider.com
May 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Andor is one of the best television shows ever made.
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I reviewed 'Jedha, Kyber, Erso', the final episode of ANDOR and a brilliantly restrained sendoff to one of the most extraordinary television programs of all time.
Freedom is a pure idea.
www.patreon.com/posts/128906...
Freedom is a pure idea.
www.patreon.com/posts/128906...
May 14, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I reviewed 'Jedha, Kyber, Erso', the final episode of ANDOR and a brilliantly restrained sendoff to one of the most extraordinary television programs of all time.
Freedom is a pure idea.
www.patreon.com/posts/128906...
Freedom is a pure idea.
www.patreon.com/posts/128906...
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Kelly's “Trump’s Endgame for the War in Ukraine” www.justsecurity.org/105451/trump...
Koh's “National Security Resilience and Reform: Trump 2.0 and Beyond” www.justsecurity.org/106146/natio...
Starsovit's “Making Russia Pay to Strengthen Ukraine” by www.justsecurity.org/author/staro...
Kelly's “Trump’s Endgame for the War in Ukraine” www.justsecurity.org/105451/trump...
Koh's “National Security Resilience and Reform: Trump 2.0 and Beyond” www.justsecurity.org/106146/natio...
Starsovit's “Making Russia Pay to Strengthen Ukraine” by www.justsecurity.org/author/staro...
Trump’s Endgame for the War in Ukraine
An overview of how bargains between Trump and Putin may play out and leave impoverished the vital interests of Ukraine.
www.justsecurity.org
April 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Kelly's “Trump’s Endgame for the War in Ukraine” www.justsecurity.org/105451/trump...
Koh's “National Security Resilience and Reform: Trump 2.0 and Beyond” www.justsecurity.org/106146/natio...
Starsovit's “Making Russia Pay to Strengthen Ukraine” by www.justsecurity.org/author/staro...
Kelly's “Trump’s Endgame for the War in Ukraine” www.justsecurity.org/105451/trump...
Koh's “National Security Resilience and Reform: Trump 2.0 and Beyond” www.justsecurity.org/106146/natio...
Starsovit's “Making Russia Pay to Strengthen Ukraine” by www.justsecurity.org/author/staro...
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[1/2] 3:30pmET at #ASILAM: “Impact of Trump’s Election on the War of Ukraine” featuring Margaret de Guzman, @michaeljkelly.bsky.social, Harold Hongju Koh, and Svitlana Starosvit.
Pre-panel must reads ⬇️
Pre-panel must reads ⬇️
April 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
[1/2] 3:30pmET at #ASILAM: “Impact of Trump’s Election on the War of Ukraine” featuring Margaret de Guzman, @michaeljkelly.bsky.social, Harold Hongju Koh, and Svitlana Starosvit.
Pre-panel must reads ⬇️
Pre-panel must reads ⬇️
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This is how it's done.
A strong and principled response by WilmerHale to the illegal Executive Order attack - a form of attempted government intimidation declared unconstitutional by a federal judge.
This is how to guard the rule of law.
A strong and principled response by WilmerHale to the illegal Executive Order attack - a form of attempted government intimidation declared unconstitutional by a federal judge.
This is how to guard the rule of law.
March 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This is how it's done.
A strong and principled response by WilmerHale to the illegal Executive Order attack - a form of attempted government intimidation declared unconstitutional by a federal judge.
This is how to guard the rule of law.
A strong and principled response by WilmerHale to the illegal Executive Order attack - a form of attempted government intimidation declared unconstitutional by a federal judge.
This is how to guard the rule of law.
Outstanding op-ed calling for judicial accountability by my colleague @paulmcgreal.bsky.social
thehill.com/opinion/judi...
thehill.com/opinion/judi...
thehill.com
March 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Outstanding op-ed calling for judicial accountability by my colleague @paulmcgreal.bsky.social
thehill.com/opinion/judi...
thehill.com/opinion/judi...
Best news I’ve heard all day. Rahm will bring a shiv to the alley fight instead of a strongly worded letter. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Rahm Emanuel Is Gearing Up to Run for President
The former Chicago mayor is already on the hustings, finding new ways to attack Trumpism from the center.
www.politico.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Best news I’ve heard all day. Rahm will bring a shiv to the alley fight instead of a strongly worded letter. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Fact check: true
GOP Rep. Don Bacon: "We were the leader of the free world, but it appears to many leaders and people all over, to include Republicans in Nebraska, that this administration is walking away from that legacy."
March 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Fact check: true
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It seems that Trump, Musk, Vance, Miller, et al. think that they are buffered from suffering and death, and so they are willing to bring them on to affect those they loathe politically, even if they also strike their supporters. This is hard-heartedness, callousness, sociopathology.
March 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
It seems that Trump, Musk, Vance, Miller, et al. think that they are buffered from suffering and death, and so they are willing to bring them on to affect those they loathe politically, even if they also strike their supporters. This is hard-heartedness, callousness, sociopathology.
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“The president, in an executive order, has demanded an expansion in tree cutting across 280m acres (113m hectares) of national forests and other public lands”
Can the fucking Lorax do something since Congress apparently won’t?!?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Can the fucking Lorax do something since Congress apparently won’t?!?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber
President’s move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
“The president, in an executive order, has demanded an expansion in tree cutting across 280m acres (113m hectares) of national forests and other public lands”
Can the fucking Lorax do something since Congress apparently won’t?!?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Can the fucking Lorax do something since Congress apparently won’t?!?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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It’s great to be at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, participating in this important symposium, “Transitional Justice Revisited: From the Nuremberg Trials to the Present,” with @michaeljkelly.bsky.social, Peter Black, and other experts (and great people).
We are thrilled that @rokos031.bsky.social & Goran Miljan will present at the 2025 Sommerhauser Symposium on Holocaust Education, hosted by the Harris Center for Judaic Studies. The event is titled "Transitional Justice Revisited: From the Nuremberg Trials to the Present," held on March 3.
March 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It’s great to be at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, participating in this important symposium, “Transitional Justice Revisited: From the Nuremberg Trials to the Present,” with @michaeljkelly.bsky.social, Peter Black, and other experts (and great people).
That horrid display by America’s leaders in the Oval Office today is exactly why Europe needs to do its own thing on Ukraine and disregard the US. Here’s our OpEd providing a roadmap for doing so:
www.publicinternationallawandpolicygroup.org/lawyering-ju...
www.publicinternationallawandpolicygroup.org/lawyering-ju...
Europe Must Act Now to Secure Ukraine’s (And Its) Future — Public International Law & Policy Group
Europe Must Act Now to Secure Ukraine’s (And Its) Future By: Julian Braithwaite , Professor Michael Kelly , Katie Hetherington As the United States bypasses both Ukraine and Europe to negotiat...
www.publicinternationallawandpolicygroup.org
February 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
That horrid display by America’s leaders in the Oval Office today is exactly why Europe needs to do its own thing on Ukraine and disregard the US. Here’s our OpEd providing a roadmap for doing so:
www.publicinternationallawandpolicygroup.org/lawyering-ju...
www.publicinternationallawandpolicygroup.org/lawyering-ju...
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Worst. Episode. EVER.
February 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Worst. Episode. EVER.