The panel features moderator Judge James E. Baker, Chair of the Standing Committee on Law and National Security, and panelists Brian Egan of Steptoe & Johnson, former State Department Legal Adviser(and Episode 2) and BG Rich Gross (USA, ret.) of Janus Global Operations and former legal counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
This episode references:
- Op Ed by National Security Adviser John Bolton “The Legal Case for Striking North Korea First”
- Op Ed by Richard Cohen “Trump will exit the North Korea summit a failure”
- President Obama’s address on avoiding use of force in Syria, after chemical weapon attacks
- Jus in Bello and Jus ad Bellum
- Joint Chiefs of Staff hold off on enforcing ban on trans military members announced on Twitter
- Congressional Authorization for the Use of Military Force from 2001
- War Powers Resolution 50 U.S.C. 1541–1548
- UN Charter
- Nicaragua v. the United States of America (ICJ)