Former clerks for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Oona Hathaway and Sam Sankar, discuss her legacy. They explore challenges to the SEC's authority, Constitutional implications of the Seventh Amendment, and the classification of drugs as controlled substances. They also delve into conservative groups using a Supreme Court decision to challenge programs addressing maternal mortality among black women. Additionally, they share personal experiences of working for a prominent figure, including anecdotes about dinners and fitness activities. They discuss Justice O'Connor's disapproval of the current court and protests outside the Supreme Court.

Former Trump lawyer, Michael Cohen discusses Trump's legal challenges and witness intimidation. Failed business ventures licensed under Trump's name are called into question. Updates on the Israel-Hamas conflict and mounting pressure on Israel are discussed. The chapter covers the laws of armed conflict and accusations of war crimes. The development and purpose of the Nuremberg Principles and Geneva Conventions are explored. The political divide among Arab Americans and the influence of Iran over Hezbollah and Hamas are also discussed.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has tested the international legal order like never before. For many, the fact that a nuclear power and member of the U.N. Security Council would commit unveiled aggression against another state seemed like it might be the death knell of the international system as we know it. But last week, in the annual Breyer Lecture on International Law at the Brookings Institution, Oona Hathaway, the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Professor of International Law at Yale Law School, argued that international law and institutions responded more robustly than many initially anticipated—and may yet emerge from the Ukraine conflict stronger than before.In this episode, we are bringing you the audio of Professor Hathaway’s lecture, followed by a question and answer session with Constanze Stelzenmüller, the Director of the Center on the United States and Europe and the inaugural holder of the Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and trans-Atlantic Relations at the Brookings Institution. Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson then moderated a panel discussion that included Professor Hathaway, as well as Professor Rosa Brooks of Georgetown University Law Center; Karin Landgren, the Executive Director of Security Council Report; and Ambassador Martin Kimani, Kenya’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. More information on the Breyer Lecture is available on the Brookings Institution’s website.A video recording of Professor Hathaway’s lecture is available at https://www.brookings.edu/events/russias-aggression-against-ukraine-and-the-international-legal-order/.The text of Professor Hathaway’s lecture has been published at https://www.brookings.edu/on-the-record/how-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-tested-the-international-legal-order/.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.