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In Suncor v. Boulder, SCOTUS will consider whether the Constitution or the Clean Air Act preempts state-law climate-change tort suits against fossil fuel companies.
Michael Burger on the case's stakes for future climate litigation:
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As AI companies look to Washington for an antitrust exemption that would allow them to coordinate on safety measures, an existing legal doctrine offers another path, write @talxfeldman, Kevin Xiao and Ibrahim Dagher.
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Europe is pushing ahead on global anti-corruption, as the Trump administration backs off its longstanding commitment to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, writes Noam Kozlov:
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#FCPA and #anticorruption
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Today's news roundup:
- Saudi Arabia resumes oil exports through East-West pipeline
- Russian airstrikes hit Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences
- FBI investigators conclude recent hack represents 'major' incident
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AI governance is everywhere. AI accountability is not. @JulieOwono opens our new series asking who answers for AI’s consequences, to whom, and with what at stake.
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#AIAccountability
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Advanced AI systems have crossed an important threshold from commercial software to technologies viewed as strategic national assets, write Josh Richards and Gabe Arrington.
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Even if the jury were to acquit him, the U.S. military could still continue to hold the suspect in the USS Cole bombing case indefinitely.
Carol Rosenberg reports:
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Today's news roundup:
- Trade Rep. Greer says US comfortable maintaining trade stand off with Canada
- Bill Gates says AI kill switch not enough protection against AI attacks
- Swiss voters reject stricter neutrality principle proposal
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The Trump admin is preparing sweeping sanctions against the Int'l Criminal Court as an institution.
@rgoodlaw and Siven Watt on the 6 ICC detainees awaiting trial or judgment who could be released if the campaign against the Court succeeds:
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Journalists are showing solidarity in the face of President Trump's effort to ban select media outlets from the White House.
Professor @bechamilton on their collective action and what it means:
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#newsmedia #journalism #whitehouse #pressban
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Taiwan should establish protocols for advanced industrial AI agents, write Ethan Chiu and Brian Jay Tang.
"Taiwan could thus protect its own factories while offering democratic partners a safe industrial AI adoption model," they write.
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Today's news roundup:
- Macron says France plans to send troops to Saudi Arabia
- Miliband warns Iran against hostile activity in the UK
- Nepali PM Shah scolds world leaders over climate change
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On the latest episode of the Just Security Podcast, @davidcaaron is joined by Adam Hickey to discuss last week's unusual announcement from the Department of Justice on the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
Listen here:
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The International Criminal Court adopted a policy confirming that its jurisdiction extends to cyber crimes.
Lindsay Freeman on why Mexico's surveillance campaign against journalists constitutes provides the new cyber policy's first test:
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The witnesses in Guantanamo’s first-ever death penalty trial, the USS Cole bombing case, are expected to testify by video feed.
Carol Rosenberg reports:
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Government reformers seeking to rein in agency overreach should remember a basic rule, writes Martha Roberts of @PolicyIntegrity.
“First, do no harm.”
Four questions policymakers should ask before proposing any new procedural requirement:
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A string of Supreme Court rulings has made durable, expert, democratically authorized AI regulation much harder to build, writes Jack Thorlin.
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Today's news roundup:
- Xi Jinping arrives in Washington, U.S. and China extend trade truce
- U.S. negotiators held meeting with Iran's foreign minister at the U.N. on Tuesday
- Tigrayan leaders say a new war with the Ethiopian government has begun
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What U.S. democracy and rule of law advocates can learn from Brazil’s experience in protecting elections, building broad pro-democracy coalitions and holding leaders to account.
From @LauraLThornton:
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Michael Schmitt outlines the body of international law governing the placement and use of weapons in outer space.
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