Jay Shooster
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New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Jay:
Why human rights groups are beginning to support the rights of non-human animals
Solidarity must extend, not only to all people but also to animals, the earth, and the environment. → Read More
The San Antonio Smuggling Tragedy: Don’t Let Trump Hijack the Story
Officials are using this tragedy to promote stricter border enforcement. Don’t let them get away with it. → Read More
This NYC Circus Bill Has The Meat Industry Scared
The meat industry is sounding the alarm. Following New York City’s historic vote to ban the use of wild animals in circuses last month, the meat in... → Read More
The NYC Circus Ban Is Just The Beginning
They said it would never happen. Elephants, tigers, and other wild animals would always be forced to perform for our entertainment, we were told. ... → Read More
Norms Watch: Democracy, the Trump Administration, and Reactions to It (May 26-June 2)
Sign up here to receive Norms Watch in your inbox each Friday. FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONAL SECURITY Growing distrust and disillusionment → Read More
Norms Watch: Tracking the Erosion of Democratic Traditions (May 12-19)
Sign up here to receive Norms Watch in your inbox each Friday. TRUMP-RUSSIA INVESTIGATION A memo allegedly written by former FBI Director → Read More
Norms Watch: Tracking the Erosion of Democratic Traditions (May 5-12)
Sign up here to receive Norms Watch in your inbox each Friday. TRUMP FIRES COMEY On Tuesday, in what was arguably his “most significant → Read More
Norms Watch: Tracking the Erosion of Democratic Traditions (Apr. 29-May 5)
Sign up here to receive Norms Watch in your inbox each Friday. FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONAL SECURITY Trump gets friendly with authoritarian → Read More
Trump Isn’t Fighting Human Trafficking, He’s Facilitating It
In an interview with Bloomberg on Monday, President Donald Trump argued that we need his border wall to fight human trafficking, → Read More
Norms Watch: The 100 Days Edition (Apr. 21-28)
Sign up here to receive Norms Watch in your inbox each Friday. At the 100-day mark of his presidency, it is Trump’s norm violations that → Read More
Norms Watch: Tracking the Erosion of Democratic Traditions (Apr. 14-21)
Sign up here to receive Norms Watch in your inbox each Friday. FOREIGN POLICY and NATIONAL SECURITY As Turkey slides deeper into → Read More
Trump’s Islamophobic Record Provides Backdrop for New Counterterrorism Policies
Every one of the 10 airports targeted by the new “laptop ban, issued last week by the Department of Homeland Security, is located in a → Read More
Trump’s Immigration Policy Risks Violating International Law—alienates US allies
The Trump Administration may be in for a rude awakening. Even if its proposed immigration policies survive the coming constitutional challenges, → Read More
Can States Legally Provide Targeting Assistance to War Criminals?
Last week, when I challenged an argument for US liability for war crimes in Yemen, I didn’t anticipate ending up on the other side of a (somewhat → Read More
Is the White House Mulling “Non-Diplomatic” Means to Stop Assad’s Attacks on Civilians?
The White House has no shortage of advice from outside the government (including from Just Security) and from within the administration on the best → Read More
Aiding and Abetting for Saudi War Crimes: Lessons from Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project
In 2010, human rights organizations argued in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project that if we want to promote compliance with the law of armed → Read More