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-**The United Nations is becoming more and more outspoken against the U.S.’s violation of international law–the U.S. is the only country without laws against hate speech–that kills the credibility of international law.** |
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-Tanya Cohen, Contributing Writer at the Thought Catalog, Human Rights Activist, “It’s Time To Bring The Hammer Down On Hate Speech In The U.S.,” Thought Catalog, May 1, 2015. DY |
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-Recent scandals involving right-wing hatemongers like... |
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-...as the rest of the world is. |
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-**And, every U.S. violation of international law matters–it sets precedent for future commitment by other countries.** |
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-David A. Koplow, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Applied Legal Studies at Georgetown University Law Center, Used to be on the Special Counsel for Arms Control to the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC, from 2009 to 2011, “Indisputable Violations: What Happens When the United States Unambiguously Breaches a Treaty?,” The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Vol. 37, No. 1, Winter 2013. DY |
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-...for U.S. interests to disregard those mechanisms. |
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-**And, U.S. commitment to international law preserves global follow-on—that solves multiple scenarios for extinction.** |
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-Burroughs et al. 03 |
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-John Burroughs, Merav Datan, Nicole Deller, Mark Hiznay, Arjun Makhijani, Elizabeth Shafer, and Pam Spees, “Rule of Power or Rule of Law?,” Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, Apex Press, 2003. |
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-The evolution of international law since World... |
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-...U.S. example and opted out of compliance. |