In the Media

In the Media

In Strict Scrutiny’s latest episode, “We Need to Talk About Trump’s Maritime Murders,” Non-Resident Senior Fellow Rebecca Ingber breaks down the available avenues of accountability and the new legal questions arising from reports of killed shipwrecked survivors during the September 2nd attack against alleged drug traffickers.

December 8th, 2025|

Speaking with CNN, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane argues that accountability for use of force should come from Congress.

December 8th, 2025|

As scrutiny focuses on a second U.S. strike on shipwrecked survivors of the September 2nd attack against alleged drug traffickers, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane explains the applicable law, in The Washington Times.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/1/legal-experts-explain-law-says-killing-survivors-boat-strike/

December 8th, 2025|

Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman, Senior Fellow and Visiting Scholar Tess Bridgeman, and Michael Schmitt propose questions in Just Security for Congress to ask executive branch officials about the ongoing U.S. boat strike campaign.

https://www.justsecurity.org/126322/boat-strike-hegseth-congress/

December 4th, 2025|

For Just Security, Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman and Senior Fellow and Visiting Scholar Tess Bridgeman, together with Michael Schmitt, offer expert answers to the most pressing legal questions surrounding the U.S.’ lethal maritime strikes against alleged narcotics traffickers.

December 3rd, 2025|

The Trump Administration’s boat attacks signal a “new and dangerous development in the use of force” and a broader threat to domestic and global security, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane writes in his latest for Foreign Affairs.

December 2nd, 2025|

Distinguished Senior Fellow Bob Bauer lends insight on the complications of legal accountability for the president, in quotes to a New York Times op-ed arguing President Trump won’t face prosecution upon leaving office.

December 2nd, 2025|

For Just Security, Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman and Senior Fellow and Visiting Scholar Tess Bridgeman write with Michael Schmitt on the legal frameworks applicable in the aftermath of Defense Secretary Hegseth’s reported order to kill all aboard the vessel wreckage of the September 2nd U.S. strike.

December 2nd, 2025|

Reiss Center Student Scholars Margaret Lin, Jeremy Chin, and Aidan Arasasingham provide updates to an essential Just Security timeline chronicling U.S. military strikes against suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific and related developments.

November 21st, 2025|

Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman speaks with CNN’s Outfront on the implications of a federal judge’s ruling halting President Trump’s deployment of national guard troops to D.C.

November 21st, 2025|

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