Sarah Kreps, associate professor of government, writes in this Washington Post op-ed that U.S. drone strikes raise legal questions about international and domestic law, and suggests without Congressional intervention, the “drone war on terrorism may become a war without end”.
Kreps searched through Congressional records to determine how often "drone" or "unmanned aerial vehicle" was mentioned in a policy context in Congressional debate, and determined that with the exception of Sen. Rand Paul’s 2013 13-hour drone filibuster, fewer than 70 statements on drones were made by Congress each year, dating to the beginning of Obama administration in 2009.
“Despite the recent spike in strikes, Congress has become almost entirely silent,” Kreps writes. “It has thereby abdicated an essential feature of legislative oversight, which is to 'refine and enlarge the public view' of how, why and when the government carries out policy."
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Semiconductors are at the core of the economy and national security. Their importance makes them a target. Sarah Kreps, director of the Tech Policy Institute in the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, discusses how Cornell is helping to keep the semiconductor supply chain safe.
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The Peace Arch, situated near the westernmost point of the Canada–United States border in the contiguous United States, between Blaine, Washington and Surrey, British Columbia.