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I just published this article.👇

January 15: State Department's Acting Legal Adviser briefs the Senate in classified setting on #Iran.

Three key things he told the Senate (#SFRC) in 2019 on president's power to use force against Iran...

justsecurity.org/68053/what-the…
2. In 2019, the Acting Legal Adviser promised the Senate the administration would submit a PUBLIC, UNCLASSIFIED report if the administration’s position on Iran changed

Read expert analysis from @ritasiemion and @BenjaminEHaas on the 30-Day Clock:

justsecurity.org/68025/the-30-d…
@ritasiemion @BenjaminEHaas 3. In 2019, the Acting Legal Adviser told @SenJeffMerkley international law constrains Trump's Article II authority to use force against Iran.

Top legal scholars now write that #Soleimani #Shahlai strikes failed the test.

cc: @oonahathaway @AdHaque110
justsecurity.org/68008/u-s-lega…
4. In 2019, the Acting Legal Adviser detailed a very narrow 'exception' to the #2002AUMF for potential use of force (eg when US military forces come under fire by third parties). That exception would not apply to the #Soleimani strike.

Here's what he said.👇

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