Harold Hongju Koh
American lawyer
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If ethical AI means anything, it means that these guys ought to have some capacity to engage in ethical AI,
- said Harold Koh, a national security professor at Yale Law School and the former legal adviser of the State Department under President Barack ObamaPoliticopolitico.com/newsletters/digit…
In other words, [Hegseth] is labeling their insistence on a certain kinds of limits on use as an ideology,
- Koh told DFD, and addedPoliticopolitico.com/newsletters/digit…
In six years, Trump has moved from the doctrine of ‘preemptive assassination’ that led to his killing of [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Gen. Qassem] Suleimani, to a full-fledged embrace of performative militarism and preemptive war that fosters a cult of forever war,
- said Yale Law School scholar Harold Koh, President Barack Obama’s former State Department chief counsel, in an interviewForeign Policyforeignpolicy.com/2026/02…
If anything, this now makes matters worse and even more confusing. If the legal authorities can’t support the big tariffs, how can they support the little ones, which were exempted under the exception for administrative convenience?"
In my legal opinion, he does not have the authority,
- says Harold Hongju Koh, former head lawyer for the US state departmentGuardiantheguardian.com/us/news…
A lawless administration has reached a new low,
- said Harold Koh, an expert in international law at Yale and former legal advisor to the State DepartmentForeign Policyforeignpolicy.com/2026/01…
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Foreign Policyforeignpolicy.com/2026/02…Supreme Court’s tariff ruling deals blow to Trump’s signature economic policy
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The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/donald…The Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal on Monday once again torched President Donald Trump over his signature economic policy of tariffs
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Global Times Chinaglobaltimes.cn/page/202601…Trump coins ‘Don-roe Doctrine’ as he explains Venezuela operation
The Hillthehill.com/homenews/administr…United States President Donald Trump has set out to justify the attack launched on Venezuela and Washington imposing its will in Latin America by citing a policy from a 19th century president
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…