Chris Sagers, the James A. Thomas Professor of Law, published a long essay on the online forum of the Harvard Law & Policy Review, canvassing the opinions of Judge Brett Kavanaugh in antitrust and related areas. He argues that those opinions display an aggressive freedom in interpreting precedent, and suggests that they do not speak well of his more general approach to judging.

“Talking Foreign Policy” taping at WCPN/90.3 (from right to left, counter-clock wise: Dean Michael Scharf, Professor Milena Sterio, Todd Buchwald, former State Department Ambassador, Office of Global Criminal Justice, Professor Paul Williams, American University, Jim Johnson, former prosecutor, Special Court for Sierra Leone)

On September 14, Professor and Associate Dean Milena Sterio spoke as a panelist at the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Law conference on “International Law and Policy in the Age of Trump.”  Professor Sterio was a panelist on a panel entitled “A Roundtable on Use of Force and Rogue States.”

In addition, Professor Sterio participated as a panelist in the taping of a new episode of the “Talking Foreign Policy” radio show; the episode is entitled “Responding to Rogue States” and it will be broadcast on WCPN/90.3 on September 17th, from 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.  “Talking Foreign Policy” is a quarterly radio show on WCPN/90.3, hosted by Dean Michael Scharf of CWRU School of Law, and Professor Sterio has been a regular participant.

Professor David Forte’s article, To Speak or Not to Speak, That is Your Liberty: Janus v. AFSCME, has been published in the CATO Constitutional Law Review.  A copy of the article is available here:

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On September 12, Professors Stephen Lazarus and David Forte spoke to the William K. Thomas Inn of Court on the topic, “Supreme Court Term: A Retrospective and a Preview.”

On September 6, Professors David Forte and Jonathan Entin of Case Western School of Law, spoke on the Confirmation Hearings of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, at The Sound of Ideas, WCPN/90.3 radio.

This year’s Constitution Day speaker at Cleveland-Marshall was Professor David Forte, who addressed the topic: “Noble Sinners: The Legacy of the Founders.”

Professor and Associate Dean Milena Sterio published a blog post on Intlawgrrls entitled “Commentary on John Bolton’s Speech Regarding New American Policy on the International Criminal Court.”  In this post, Professor Sterio argues that the new American policy vis-a-vis the ICC, as announced by John Bolton, would be detrimental to United States’ global interests.  In addition, Professor Sterio highlights several factually inaccurate claims about the ICC, which were part of Bolton’s speech.

Professor Milena Sterio’s book, “Secession in International Law: A New Framework,” was published by Edward Elgar.  In this book, Professor Sterio proposes a new legal framework for secession.  She addresses the inadequacy of existing legal norms, case studies, such as Bangladesh, Eritrea, East Timor, Kosovo, Scotland, and Catalonia, and she then proposes a normative framework on secession, which would attempt to reconcile competing claims of territorial integrity (of the mother state) and secession (of the separatist entity).

Professor and Associate Dean Milena Sterio presented at the American Society of International Law (ASIL)- Midwest Interest Group Annual Workshop, which was held at Southern Illinois University School of Law in Carbondale, Illinois, on September 7-8.  Professor Sterio presented a paper entitled “Self-Determination and Secession in Kurdistan and Catalonia.”  Professor Sterio served as Co-Chair of the ASIL-Midwest Interest Group last year; in her capacity as outgoing Co-Chair, she helped to organize this year’s Workshop.