To secure a court order, Congress must show that the executive’s refusal to follow the FAA and the Leahy laws uniquely injures the legislative branch in a way that only the courts can remedy.
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The White House’s Saudi policy implicates at least four pieces of existing legislation. If the President refuses to obey them or cuts corners, Congress can bring him to heel directly via impeachment, or indirectly through court orders that force executive branch agencies to halt the restricted activity.
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Even without a two-thirds majority, Congressional representatives determined to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for its flagrant violations of international law could dodge the veto and limit the President’s actions by enforcing existing laws that nominally prevent the U.S. from supporting states that violate human rights.
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This week, Egypt’s parliament approves a motion to amend the country’s constitution. The proposed amendments would keep the current President,
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A final resolution to the conflict in Yemen must be locally led and locally driven. Oxfam CEO Abby Maxman comments on prospects for peace in Yemen.
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The Levant and Turkey Lebanon According to the World Bank Director for the Middle East and North Africa Ferid Belhaj,
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Headline of the Week Gulf states isolate Lebanon in protest at Iranian influence Kuwait and Qatar have urged
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