@VeroniqueB99

#USpol #Trump #Humor #Immigration #FediLaw

I think this post deserves an #AltText:

"@HistoPol Here is an alt-text description for the image:

A photo of Donald, Ivana, Don Jr., Ivanka, and Eric Trump is shown. The photo is accompanied by a text overlay that states, "Donald Jr. was born in 1977, Ivanka in 1981, Eric in 1984. Their mother, Ivana, didn't become a U.S. citizen until 1988.
If birthright citizenship is being...

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#WarInUkraine #FediLaw #Legal
#USpol #GeoPol
#BudapestMemorandum

#SecurityAssurances are not #SecurityGuarantees, I assure you 😉

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...👉no, #ChuckHobbs, a quick research would have shown you that your claim that the document were legally binding is incorrect.👈

This mere, disproven assumption, is, alas, wishful thinking.

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en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budape…

international treaty of Ukraine, the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom

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#WarInUkraine #FediLaw #Legal
#USpol #GeoPol
#BudapestMemorandum

#SecurityAssurances are not #SecurityGuarantees, I assure you 😉

(5/n)

...future security assurances that are offered in exchange for nonproliferation commitments.[53]

Regardless, 👉the United States publicly maintains that "the Memorandum is not legally binding", calling it a "political commitment".[23]👈..." 1)

So,...

#WarInUkraine #FediLaw #Legal
#USpol #GeoPol
#BudapestMemorandum

#SecurityAssurances are not #SecurityGuarantees, I assure you 😉

(4/n)

...has a requirement of consultation among the parties "in the event a situation arises that raises a question concerning the ... commitments" set out in the memorandum.[52]

Whether or not the memorandum sets out legal obligations, the difficulties that #Ukraine has encountered since early 2014 may cast doubt on the credibility of...

#WarInUkraine #FediLaw #Legal
#USpol #GeoPol
#BudapestMemorandum

#SecurityAssurances are not #SecurityGuarantees, I assure you 😉

(3/n)

...the #US, 👉neither the #GeorgeHWBush administration nor the #Clinton administration was prepared to give a military commitment to #Ukraine👈, and they did not believe the #US Senate would ratify an international treaty and so the memorandum was adopted in more limited terms.[51]

The memorandum...

#WarInUkraine #FediLaw #Legal
#BudapestMemorandum

#SecurityAssurances are not #SecurityGuarantees, I assure you 😉

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...devoid entirely of legal provisions. It refers to assurances, but 👉unlike guarantees, it does not impose a legal obligation of military assistance on its parties👈.[2]

[51]According to #StephenMacFarlane, a 👉professor of international relations, "It gives signatories justification if they take action, but it does not force anyone to act in Ukraine."[50]👈

In...

#WarInUkraine #FediLaw #Legal #USpol #GeoPol
#BudapestMemorandum

#SecurityAssurances are not #SecurityGuarantees, I assure you 😉

(1/n)

#ChuckHobbs used to be a trial lawyer, not an expert in international law.

I wish it were different, but the legal dimension regarding the #BudapestMemorandum is the subject of scholarly disagreement. 👉It is NOT unquestionably legally binding. 👈I wish it were different:

"...it is not entirely clear whether the instrument is...

#Brazil #Fedilaw #USpol #Satire

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...potential insurgent who should have been disqualified from standing for re-election back into the White House

-The selfsame guy enables the richest oligarch to dismantle the federal state, laying off longstanding civil servants who often were in the process of investigating his companies.

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#Brazil #Fedilaw #USpol #Satire

(1/2)

Could someone please instruct the creators of this map to update it:

#Brazil isn't a "#BananaRepublic" anmore.

The #USA is, though, are now several times over since at least last year:

- The gave huge tax perks to the super-rich and are ruining the welfare of the people to prolong them this year (sunset clause)

- ever voter US voter group execept for black women voted a convicted fellon and...

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Steve Herman

2025-02-19 00:43:20

Brazil prosecutor charges former President Bolsonaro and others in connection with alleged coup plot. www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/20…

Bolsonaro é denunciado sob acusação de liderar trama golpista

PGR apresenta acusação contra ex-presidente e mais 33 pessoas, incluindo Braga Netto, por tentativa de golpe de Estado

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