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Opinio Juris to host Yale Journal of International Law Online Symposium on Glennon’s “The Blank-Prose Crime of Aggression”

Julian Ku over at Opinio Juris explains:
On Monday, Michael J. Glennon of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy will be leading a discussion around his timely Article The Blank-Prose Crime of Aggression. In his Article, Glennon addresses the draft definition of the crime of aggression that was released in early 2009 and is set to be voted upon by …

Transcript of Oral Argument in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project

A previous post noted that oral argument was to be held last Tuesday in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project. The transcript from the oral argument  can be found here.
In case you missed it, the New York Times described the oral argument as follows:
The Supreme Court struggled Tuesday to balance the constitutional rights of humanitarian aid groups with the government’s efforts …

Does the Establishment Clause in the US Constitution limit foreign policy?

Over at Georgetown/On Faith in the Washington Post, my colleague Michael Kessler is beginning a series of articles on that question. He explains:
Does the Establishment Clause prevent the President from using or aiding religion as part of foreign policy? Absolutely not, so long as it is not action upon U.S. citizens.
You may not like this result, and you may think …

The UN’s approval ratings– better than Congress

My friend and colleague, Erik Voeten posts over at The Monkey Cage:

A new Gallup World Affairs Poll shows that thirty-one percent of Americans say the United Nations is doing a good job of solving the problems it has had to face. This is a slight improvement over last year’s numbers but still low. Over at Opinio Juris, there is a …

ORAL ARGUMENT TODAY: Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project

As SCOTUSblog reports, the oral argument is scheduled for
~10 a.m. -In Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project (08-1498; 09-89), the Court will consider whether a federal statute prohibiting the knowing provision of “any service, training, [or] expert advice or assistance” to a designated foreign terrorist organization is unconstitutionally vague.  Lyle Denniston’s discussion of the case is here.
My Georgetown University Law Center …

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen’s Georgetown Speech

Mrs. Albright,
Dr. Arend,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
First of all, let me thank Georgetown University and the Center for New American Studies for this opportunity to meet with you all.
And let me also take this opportunity to pay tribute to you, Secretary Albright. You have paid exceptional service to the United States for many years and last summer, though still busy, you accepted …

LIVE-STREAMING TODAY at 1PM: Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General, speaking on- “NATO: Delivering Real Security in an Age of Uncertainty”

Georgetown University
and
The Center for a New American Security
(CNAS)
will live-stream a lecture by
His Excellency Anders Fogh Rasmussen
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General
with
The Honorable Madeleine Albright
Former Secretary of State and
Chair of the Group of Experts on the new NATO Strategic Concept
‘NATO – Delivering Real Security in an Age of Uncertainty’
Monday, February 22, 2010
1:00 p.m. – Gaston Hall
The Lecture will be …

What is “material support” for terrorism?

An editorial in Saturday’s Los Angeles Times notes:
When most Americans hear that it’s illegal to supply “material support” to foreign terrorist groups, they probably assume that the prohibition involves financial or technical support — sending money to pay for hijackers’ air fares or providing wiring for a bomb (or advice about how to use it).
In fact, the law also seems …


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Anthony Clark Arend is Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University and the Director of the Master of Science in Foreign Service in the Walsh School of Foreign Service.

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