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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law: Edited by Kristen E. Eichensehr

International Criminal Law

  • U.S. Arrest of Former Mexican Defense Minister on Drug Charges Poses Challenges for Future Counter-Narcotics Cooperation

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    American Journal of International Law / Volume 115 / Issue 2 / 2021
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    19 April 2021, pp. 334-340
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  • In October 2020, the United States arrested former Mexican Defense Secretary General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda on drug conspiracy charges, accusing him of accepting bribes to aid a Mexican cartel in evading law enforcement and transporting drugs into the United States. Cienfuegos's arrest sparked diplomatic protests from Mexico, which negotiated to gain Cienfuegos's release before exonerating him and publicizing the U.S. investigation file in what the United States called a breach of the countries’ mutual legal assistance treaty. The incident also prompted Mexico to pass a new law curtailing cooperation with foreign agents and potentially imperiling the long-standing U.S.-Mexico alliance in the fight against cross-border drug trafficking.

Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law: Edited by Jacob Katz Cogan

International Economic Law

Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law: Edited by Kristen E. Eichensehr

Immigration and Migration

  • Biden Administration Reverses Trump Administration Policies on Immigration and Asylum

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    American Journal of International Law / Volume 115 / Issue 2 / April 2021
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    19 April 2021, pp. 340-347
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  • After taking office, the Biden administration quickly moved to reverse or revoke a number of the Trump administration's immigration-related policies. On inauguration day, President Joseph Biden announced several significant changes, including termination of the national emergency at the southern border, halting border wall construction, and removal of discriminatory travel restrictions imposed primarily on Muslim-majority countries. In the following weeks, Biden continued to reverse Trump administration policies, including by overhauling the asylum-seeker regime, creating task forces to undo the harms caused by Trump-era border practices, and reimposing some COVID-related travel restrictions, while revoking others. The Biden administration's proposed immigration legislation could introduce even broader reforms going forward.

Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law: Edited by Jacob Katz Cogan

International Economic Law

International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

International Criminal Law

  • The Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act

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    American Journal of International Law / Volume 117 / Issue 2 / 2023
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    13 April 2023, pp. 358-363
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Use of Force, Arms Control, and Non-proliferation

Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law: Edited by Kristen E. Eichensehr

General International and U.S. Foreign Relations Law

International Organizations

International Economic Law

International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

International Criminal Law

Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law: Edited by Jean Galbraith

General International and U.S. Foreign Relations Law

  • President Trump Impeached and Acquitted of Charges Relating to His Conduct of Foreign Affairs

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    American Journal of International Law / Volume 114 / Issue 3 / July 2020
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    17 July 2020, pp. 494-504
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  • On December 18, 2019, by a majority vote, the House of Representatives impeached President Trump for abusing power by soliciting Ukrainian interference in the 2020 presidential election and then obstructing the House's impeachment investigation. The allegations against Trump rested substantially on a phone conversation between Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on July 25, 2019. During this conversation, Trump asked Zelensky to investigate the prior conduct of Joe Biden—Trump's likely political opponent for the 2020 presidential election. While the House was conducting its impeachment investigation, the White House directed executive branch officials not to testify or to turn over documents. Less than two months after the impeachment, on February 5, 2020, the Senate voted to acquit Trump of the charges, with a majority of Senators voting in favor of acquittal.

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