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Co-editor-in-chief @justsecurity.org. Chaired Prof at NYU Law. Former Chaired Prof Harvard. Former Special Counsel Defense Dept.

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Ryan Goodman is an American legal scholar who is the Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Professor of Law at NYU School of Law and is the founding co-editor-in-chief of its website Just Security, which focuses on U.S. national security law and policy. Goodman joined the NYU faculty in 2009. .. more

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 2d
This is a brilliant opening/contribution to an important national conversation.

Accountability Will Come – What Should It Look Like for the Department of Defense?

I highly recommend this essay by Frank Kendall, former Secretary of the U.S. Air Force.
What Should Accountability Look Like for the Department of Defense?
Failing to hold leaders accountable for the abuses of the Trump administration's Pentagon would invite future officials to repeat them.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 2d
"The U.S. attacked Iran’s Qeshm Island on Monday, U.S. officials said, in the latest of a series of limited strikes Washington has secretly carried out against the country in recent weeks."

www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Exclusive | U.S. Strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island as Trump Talks Down War Risks
The assault follows comments by President Trump playing down the possibility of a return to war with Iran after Tuesday’s midterm elections.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 2d
DSCC v. Trump opinion:

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Chief Judge Boasberg ends by noting the relief he granted other plaintiffs today, who he determined did have standing.⬇️
Plaintiffs ask the Court in the alternative to enjoin the federal government “from continuing to make demands of and threats to election officials in California, Washington, and Nevada,” given that it has already sent letters there. See Pl. Supp. Br. at 17 (formatting altered). For the reasons already explained in this Opinion, the Court does not believe that Plaintiffs have established that, simply because letters have been sent to those states, it is likely that officials there will capitulate to Defendants’ entreaties. Still, the Court concludes today in a related case brought by different California plaintiffs that they are likely to establish standing and likely to succeed on the merits of their claim in seeking to enjoin Defendants from sending further letters to California. Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, No. 26-3072, ECF No. 48. The Court thus issued a TRO in that case barring the federal government from continuing to make demands of officials in California. Such a ruling does provide Plaintiffs here some modest relief as well.

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 2d
DOJ is now:

1-6 in district courts
0-2 in Circuit courts
0-1 in SCOTUS

The 1 win comes with this opening line by Judge Boasberg: "Even extraordinary merits questions cannot justify the extraordinary relief of a preliminary injunction or [TRO] if those seeking it lack standing." (DSCC v. Trump)
2026 Midterms: Election Integrity Litigation Tracker
A tracker of major litigation concerning the integrity of the 2026 midterm elections.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 2d
2. Boasberg opinion:

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