Haley S. Anderson
@hsanderson.bsky.social
Academic Fellow @ Columbia Law School.
PhD Candidate @ Berkeley JSP.
Postgraduate Fellow @justsecurity.bsky.social.
Working on sovereignty, civil procedure, and international law.
PhD Candidate @ Berkeley JSP.
Postgraduate Fellow @justsecurity.bsky.social.
Working on sovereignty, civil procedure, and international law.
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On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
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More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
October 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
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aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
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The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe
www.chosun.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
A bit belated, but I’m very excited to share that my job market paper is now forthcoming in the Washington & Lee Law Review.
And I’m officially on the law faculty market for civ pro, int’l law, fed courts & related fields. I appreciate help spreading the word!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
And I’m officially on the law faculty market for civ pro, int’l law, fed courts & related fields. I appreciate help spreading the word!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
September 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A bit belated, but I’m very excited to share that my job market paper is now forthcoming in the Washington & Lee Law Review.
And I’m officially on the law faculty market for civ pro, int’l law, fed courts & related fields. I appreciate help spreading the word!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
And I’m officially on the law faculty market for civ pro, int’l law, fed courts & related fields. I appreciate help spreading the word!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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apparently PACER has been severely compromised for some time (🎁)
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/u...
Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System
www.nytimes.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
apparently PACER has been severely compromised for some time (🎁)
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/u...
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If only the U.S. president had some leverage—like critical U.S. military support—in this situation.
www.axios.com/2025/07/20/i...
www.axios.com/2025/07/20/i...
"He's a madman": Trump's team frets about Netanyahu after Syria strikes
"Netanyahu is sometimes like a child who just won't behave."
www.axios.com
July 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
If only the U.S. president had some leverage—like critical U.S. military support—in this situation.
www.axios.com/2025/07/20/i...
www.axios.com/2025/07/20/i...
Petition to make today's scholarship sound more like the early moderns'
(From Bynkershoek, "De foro legatorum," 1744)
(From Bynkershoek, "De foro legatorum," 1744)
July 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Petition to make today's scholarship sound more like the early moderns'
(From Bynkershoek, "De foro legatorum," 1744)
(From Bynkershoek, "De foro legatorum," 1744)
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We sued in 1990 after performance artist and activist Tim Miller had his grant rescinded from the National Endowment for the Arts because of LGBTQ themes in his work.
The NEA is now under political pressure to force grant applicants to adhere to President Trump's anti-trans agenda, and we're suing.
The NEA is now under political pressure to force grant applicants to adhere to President Trump's anti-trans agenda, and we're suing.
July 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We sued in 1990 after performance artist and activist Tim Miller had his grant rescinded from the National Endowment for the Arts because of LGBTQ themes in his work.
The NEA is now under political pressure to force grant applicants to adhere to President Trump's anti-trans agenda, and we're suing.
The NEA is now under political pressure to force grant applicants to adhere to President Trump's anti-trans agenda, and we're suing.
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Usually, when the phrase “extended pro-Hitler rant” is in the same sentence as some HR news, that news is not a hiring. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Congrats on the New DOD Gig, MechaHitler!
Turns out, going on anti-Semitic tirades didn’t stop Grok from winning a big government contract.
www.theatlantic.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Usually, when the phrase “extended pro-Hitler rant” is in the same sentence as some HR news, that news is not a hiring. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Everything old is new again
July 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Everything old is new again
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Here is the full scope of the nationwide class provisionally certified by Judge Laplante accompanying his preliminary injunction stopping the #Birthright citizenship executive order.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
July 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Here is the full scope of the nationwide class provisionally certified by Judge Laplante accompanying his preliminary injunction stopping the #Birthright citizenship executive order.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Breaking: Trump's birthright citizenship order is blocked nationwide again, after a judge in New Hampshire said he would certify a nationwide class of children who would be deprived of citizenship if the policy took effect.
What I'm covering today (and headed to Concord, New Hampshire to attend): Judge to weigh blocking Trump on birthright citizenship despite Supreme Court ruling - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Judge to weigh blocking Trump on birthright citizenship despite Supreme Court ruling
A federal judge will consider on Thursday whether to prevent President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing his executive order limiting birthright citizenship after the U.S. Supreme Court restricted the ability of judges to block his policies using nationwide injunctions.
www.reuters.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Breaking: Trump's birthright citizenship order is blocked nationwide again, after a judge in New Hampshire said he would certify a nationwide class of children who would be deprived of citizenship if the policy took effect.
The Columbia Journal of Transnational Law asked me to review Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji's recent book, and my review, "Modeling Immunity in International and Domestic Courts," is now live.
www.jtl.columbia.edu/bulletin-blo...
And on SSRN for those who prefer footnotes: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
www.jtl.columbia.edu/bulletin-blo...
And on SSRN for those who prefer footnotes: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Modeling Immunity in International and Domestic Courts
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Into what can sometimes appear a chasm of impunity, Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji has published a timely new book and call to action, <i>End of Immunity: Holdin
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July 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The Columbia Journal of Transnational Law asked me to review Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji's recent book, and my review, "Modeling Immunity in International and Domestic Courts," is now live.
www.jtl.columbia.edu/bulletin-blo...
And on SSRN for those who prefer footnotes: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
www.jtl.columbia.edu/bulletin-blo...
And on SSRN for those who prefer footnotes: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
“[T]here is no moral or legal obligation to obey the order, but more importantly: there is a moral – and legal – obligation to disobey it.”
1/ A remarkable essay by two eminent Israeli scholars
"We wrote this essay to give [former IDF chief of staff's] words legal backing... We felt compelled to fulfill our human, conscientious, and civic duty, as Israelis – and as Zionists – who have expertise in areas related to the IDF’s ... order."
"We wrote this essay to give [former IDF chief of staff's] words legal backing... We felt compelled to fulfill our human, conscientious, and civic duty, as Israelis – and as Zionists – who have expertise in areas related to the IDF’s ... order."
Moving the Population in Gaza is a Manifest War Crime
We wrote this essay to fulfill our human, conscientious, and civic duty, as Israelis – and as Zionists – who have expertise in areas related to the IDF’s order.
www.justsecurity.org
July 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
“[T]here is no moral or legal obligation to obey the order, but more importantly: there is a moral – and legal – obligation to disobey it.”
Brilliant and timely legal analysis paired with moral clarity, as always, from @melissastewart.bsky.social
Melissa Stewart explains how the Supreme Court’s decision in CASA opens the door to statelessness—exposing U.S.-born children to legal uncertainty, denial of basic rights, and the unraveling of longstanding citizenship protections.
www.justsecurity.org/116328/trump...
www.justsecurity.org/116328/trump...
Trump v. CASA and the Risk of Statelessness
For the first time in modern history, children born on American soil may be rendered stateless. The risk to non-citizen children is urgent.
www.justsecurity.org
July 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Brilliant and timely legal analysis paired with moral clarity, as always, from @melissastewart.bsky.social
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On one hand, the state of the country/world is very very bad.
On the other hand, people used to publish sentences like this.
On the other hand, people used to publish sentences like this.
July 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
On one hand, the state of the country/world is very very bad.
On the other hand, people used to publish sentences like this.
On the other hand, people used to publish sentences like this.
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CLARIFICATION :
The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY
So spread this around
They can be texted. They can be called.
The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY
So spread this around
They can be texted. They can be called.
June 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
CLARIFICATION :
The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY
So spread this around
They can be texted. They can be called.
The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY
So spread this around
They can be texted. They can be called.
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The missing legal argument.
The state of California has not raised a claim in litigation yet on use of Marines/Guard – but it should, writes @rgoodlaw.bsky.social. Indeed, the argument relies on the same sources the DOJ cites.
www.justsecurity.org/114698/unwil...
The state of California has not raised a claim in litigation yet on use of Marines/Guard – but it should, writes @rgoodlaw.bsky.social. Indeed, the argument relies on the same sources the DOJ cites.
www.justsecurity.org/114698/unwil...
The "Unwilling or Unable" Test for Sending Military to Los Angeles
It is unlikely that the situation in Los Angeles has met the test of unwilling or unable civilian authorities.
www.justsecurity.org
June 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The missing legal argument.
The state of California has not raised a claim in litigation yet on use of Marines/Guard – but it should, writes @rgoodlaw.bsky.social. Indeed, the argument relies on the same sources the DOJ cites.
www.justsecurity.org/114698/unwil...
The state of California has not raised a claim in litigation yet on use of Marines/Guard – but it should, writes @rgoodlaw.bsky.social. Indeed, the argument relies on the same sources the DOJ cites.
www.justsecurity.org/114698/unwil...
TLDR: almost certainly no
And directing attacks against civilian scientists would be a violation (of jus in bello), too.
And directing attacks against civilian scientists would be a violation (of jus in bello), too.
Is Israel’s Use of Force Against Iran Justified by Self-Defence? | by Marko Milanovic
Is Israel’s Use of Force Against Iran Justified by Self-Defence?
This morning, Israel launched a major military operation against Iran targeting its nuclear programme, including facilities, individual scientists and military leadership. In this post, I will provide...
www.ejiltalk.org
June 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
TLDR: almost certainly no
And directing attacks against civilian scientists would be a violation (of jus in bello), too.
And directing attacks against civilian scientists would be a violation (of jus in bello), too.
Another SCOTUS term, still no resolution on whether the constitution requires a foreign state to have "minimum contacts" with the US for personal jurisdiction.
Sadly unsurprising result this morning after the March oral argument.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Sadly unsurprising result this morning after the March oral argument.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Another SCOTUS term, still no resolution on whether the constitution requires a foreign state to have "minimum contacts" with the US for personal jurisdiction.
Sadly unsurprising result this morning after the March oral argument.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Sadly unsurprising result this morning after the March oral argument.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Demonizing and blocking people fleeing real wars and repression—Syrians, Venezuelans, Rohingya, US Afghan translators, etc.—while bringing in non-persecuted Afrikaners is so on the nose.
Americans voted for racist conspiracy theorists heavily influenced by a contingent of rich white South Africans.
Americans voted for racist conspiracy theorists heavily influenced by a contingent of rich white South Africans.
May 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Demonizing and blocking people fleeing real wars and repression—Syrians, Venezuelans, Rohingya, US Afghan translators, etc.—while bringing in non-persecuted Afrikaners is so on the nose.
Americans voted for racist conspiracy theorists heavily influenced by a contingent of rich white South Africans.
Americans voted for racist conspiracy theorists heavily influenced by a contingent of rich white South Africans.
Personal jurisdiction based on service outside the US alone?
A DC district court decision out yesterday at the personal jurisdiction x foreign sovereign immunity intersection caught my attention amidst everything else.
A DC district court decision out yesterday at the personal jurisdiction x foreign sovereign immunity intersection caught my attention amidst everything else.
April 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Personal jurisdiction based on service outside the US alone?
A DC district court decision out yesterday at the personal jurisdiction x foreign sovereign immunity intersection caught my attention amidst everything else.
A DC district court decision out yesterday at the personal jurisdiction x foreign sovereign immunity intersection caught my attention amidst everything else.
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We are speedrunning the Declaration of Independence, folks.
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For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
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April 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
We are speedrunning the Declaration of Independence, folks.