Douglas Kriner, the Clinton Rossiter Professor in American Institutions in the Department of Government in the College of Arts & Sciences, considers in a Washington Post piece the next steps Congress could take after President Trump ordered a drone strike that killed Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
"Trump acted without informing members of Congress or seeking their approval," Kriner writes in his opinion piece. "Although the administration has given Congress its justification for the strike, as required by law, that document is classified — and so we still don't know the precise legal justification."
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Anne Thompson of NBC News, Fred Krupp, president of Environmental Defense Fund, and David Lodge, the Francis J. DiSalvo Director of the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability (left to right) discuss the value of visionary partnerships between Cornell Atkinson and organizations such as EDF on April 10 during Cornell Atkinson’s 15th anniversary celebration.
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Pianist Alexander Melnikov performs on three instruments from the Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards during a 2024 concert in Barnes Hall.
