Kiwi by heart, US by circumstance. Fellow @Harvard_Law & @NYUGuarini. Attorney. Con law, envt'l law, int'l human rights, cricket. Not here on Shabbos.
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Not here much these days, but feels important to say - thank G-d; this could have happened so many months (and thousands of deaths) ago; and that the path to justice in the future remains vanishingly narrow, but open. For now, overwhelming relief, and a hint of optimism.
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For months, folks on this website have pushed a set of "gotcha" tropes to debunk the existence of famine in Gaza.
In fact they are mostly debunking their own credibility on famine dynamics.
As we await tomorrow's IPC report, here is a pre-buttal ๐งตof some of those tropes.
๐จScoop: Famine will be officially declared in Gaza for the first time by the international global hunger monitor tomorrow
My latest for @TelGlobalHealth
telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2โฆ
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ืชืืขืื ืืจืืขืื ืืืืจืื ืื: ืขืืื ืื-ืืื'ืืื ืฆืืื ืืช ืื ืื ืืื ืืืจื ืื ืืืืืช
ืืกืจืืื ืฉืืืืข ืืืื ืืฆืื, ืืฉืจ ืฆืืื ืขื ืืื ืขืืื ืืขืฆืื, ื ืจืื ืืื ืืืจื ืืขืืจื ืืืื ืืืืจ ืืื ืขืืื ืืชืืืื. ืขืืื ืื-ืืื'ืืื, ืคืขืื ืืืืืืช ืืื, ืชืืฉื ืืืคืจ ืืื ืื-ื'ืืืจ ืืืจืื ืืจ ืืืจืื, ื ืืจื ื-28 ืืืืื ืืืฉ ืืื ืฉืืจื ืืขืืจื ืืืชื ืื ืื ืื ืืื.
ืืื, ืฉืืขืืจ ืืื ื ืชืื ืืกื ืงืฆืืืช ืืืจืืงืืืืช ืืฉื ืืกืคืจ ืจื ืฉื ืชืงืจืืืช ืืืืืืช ืื ืื ืชืืฉืื ืืืืืจ ืืคืืกืืื ืื ืืื ืืื ืืขืืจื, ืคืืฉ ืืฉืืืข ืฉืขืืจ (28 ืืืืื) ืขื ืืจืงืืืจ ืืชืื ืงืืืืช ืืื ืื-ื'ืืืจ. ืืฉืขื ืฉืืชืืฉืืื ื ืืกื ืืืจืืืงื ืืจื ืืื ืืืงืืื ืืืจื ืืช ืื-ืื'ืืืื.
ืืื ืฉืืืจืจ ืืืจ ืืืืจืช ืืืขืฆืจ ืืืช ืืขืืื ืฉื ืืืกืจ ืจืืืืช ืืืฉื ืงืืืช ืืืช ืืืฉืคื ืืืฉืจืืื ืืช ืืขื ืชื ืืืื ื ืขืฆืืืช. ืืืื ืฉืืฉื 1 ืืืืืืกื, ืฉืืืจืจ ืืื ืื ืืืขืฆืจ ืืืืช. ืืืื ืฉื ื 4 ืืืืืืกื ืฆืืื ืืืืืืช ืืื ืื ื'ืืืจ ืืืืื ืืืชื ืื ืืืืฉ ื ืืกืฃ.
ืื ืโืืืช ืืฆืื ืืืื ื ืืืง: โืืคืืกืืื ืื ืืื ืืืืืืช ืืืื ืฉืื ืืื ื, ืื ืืืคืงืจืื ืืืืืืื ืืขืื ืืืืื ืืืขืจืืืช. ืืืจื ืฉื ืขืืื ืืื ืขืื ืืืืื ืืื ืฉืืขืืื ืขืืื ืื ืื ืืืื ืฉืืืืืื ืืืืจืืื ืืฉืจืืืื ืืืจืืื ืคืืกืืื ืื ืืืืจ ืืื, ืืืืืขืื ืฉืชืืื ืืื ืืกืื ืืชโ.
ืืชืืงืืจ ืืืื >> btselem.org/hebrew/video/202โฆ
Sam Bookman retweeted
New Brazil development law risks Amazon deforestation, UN expert warns bbc.in/4fgXVLm
"Breakthrough Climate Constitutionalism?" now available on SSRN! I grapple with recent state constitutional climate cases, identifying lessons for litigators.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.โฆ
Bottom line: recent cases push the needle forward. But cases must be be narrowly targeted and calibrated to political context. Forthcoming in
@COLawReview
. Still time for changes! Comments and criticisms are very welcome.
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This map is incredible for several reasons, one that it suggests that people who actually take the subway arenโt nearly as scared of it as those who donโt.
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๐จ Rabbi Indig of Satmar tells NYTimes heโs considering adding Zohran Mamdani to his slate of endorsements.
โAccording to my conversation, he told me that heโs not an antisemiteโฆ As mayor, we wouldnโt have a problem with him.โ
nytimes.com/2025/06/10/nyregโฆ
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It's important to understand that online defenders of Israel's conduct in Gaza are basically conspiracy theorists.
They expect you to believe that the information sources on which you rely in every other conflict (Ukraine, Sudan) are parties to a vast anti-Israel conspiracy.
The campaign being waged online to deny the reality that 9 children were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza this weekend is appalling.
Yahya, Rakan, Raslan, Gebran, Eve, Rival, Sayden, Luqman & Sidra were killed. There is no denying this horrific truth.
cnn.com/2025/05/24/middleeasโฆ
๐๐๏ธโ๏ธ For this year's Earth Day, I had a great time speaking with Aminta Ossom at Harvard's @CarrCenter about the connections between human rights and climate change. Our conversation is now available on the Center's podcast feeds or website ๐
hks.harvard.edu/centers/carrโฆ
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People at HLS or around Cambridgeโyou should go listen to @DineshaSam who is one of the most interesting comparative con law scholars out there and who is giving a talk at HLS and on zoom tomorrow hls.harvard.edu/events/the-dโฆ
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
Sam Bookman retweeted
Masterpiece. @mroth78 โJews have been here before, many times, and it does not end well for us.โ nytimes.com/2025/04/07/opiniโฆ via @NYTOpinion
Excited to head to New Haven next week for this terrific conference at @YaleLawSch conference on Climate Change and Private Law. The conference is bringing together an outstanding group of scholars on this chronically under-examined area. Details here: law.yale.edu/animals/events/โฆ
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New from us: EU CO2 emissions fell by 2.9% in 2024, even as power sector emissions posted an eye-popping 16% drop. This highlights that the EU has been so successful in cutting power sector emissions that the sector can't make up for lack of progress in other sectors anymore.
๐ช๐บ NEW | #EU #CO2 fossil fuel #emissions decreased by 2.9% in 2024, following a steep 8.5% drop in 2023, CREA's early estimates suggest
The reduction was driven mainly by decreased coal use in the power sector, which now accounts for only 19% of EU CO2 fossil fuel emissions
My latest, Breakthrough Climate Constitutionalism?, has found a home @COLawReview. I respond to 3 2024 cases which demand reassessment of state const suits. As fed action collapses & Juliana hits a dead-end, state law & courts are vital sites of climate contestation. SSRN soon!
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NEW: ICE is hunting for Yunseo Chung, a Columbia student who attended pro-Palestine protests. Chung came to the US from Korea with her family at age 7, and was her high school's valedictorian. She's a lawful permanent resident. Here's what we know so far. ๐งต
Very little is shocking anymore, but the rage is acute when it targets the place I wrote most of my undergrad thesis. The message is brazen: the full destruction of Palestinian civil society is official policy. No point pretending otherwise.
