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January 05, 2026
“If you detain someone unlawfully, if you take someone into your custody, and you do not have the legal right to do that, then what else would you call it?” said Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频. “The United Nations Charter makes it very clear that there are very few times when a country has the right to carry out military force on the territory of another country," she added. "And it never has the right to do that in order to bring an individual out to stand trial before their courts."
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NBC News
January 05, 2026
The use of military force to remove Venezuela’s president is effectively a “kidnapping” and violates core principles of the United Nations Charter, said Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频. “If you detain someone unlawfully, if you take someone into your custody and you do not have the legal right to do that, then what else would you call it?” she told NBC News.
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CNBC
January 05, 2026
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频 who specializes in international law and conflict resolution, likened the operation to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. “President Trump is right to take action against illicit drugs, but his actions in Venezuela are not the ones proven to succeed,” she said. “Successful economies require strong, independent courts, fair systems of criminal justice, and respect for law,” O’Connell said. “Trump’s actions defy these basic components.
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January 05, 2026
A leading U.S. legal scholar has raised serious concerns over the legality of Washington’s operation against Venezuela, warning that the arrest of President Nicolas Maduro and the use of military force undermine core principles of international law. Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell of the University of Notre Dame said international law does not support indicting, arresting, and prosecuting a sitting head of state through foreign military action.
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NPR
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January 05, 2026
What legal questions are raised by the U.S. invasion of Venezuela and its capture of President Maduro and his wife? NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with international law professor Mary Ellen O'Connell.
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Associated Press
January 05, 2026
“This is clearly a blatant, illegal and criminal act,” said Jimmy Gurule, a Notre Dame Law 91视频 professor and former assistant U.S. attorney.
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CNBC
January 05, 2026
Beyond believing in buying the dip, these traders also benefited from a conviction that the “TACO trade” would pan out, according to Zhi Da, a finance professor at the University of Notre Dame who studies retail trader activity. Known in full as “Trump Always Chickens Out,” this strategy encourages investors to buy into stocks when policy decisions from the White House cause market downturns, with the expectation that the actions will be reversed. On the other hand, institutional counterparts have been more cautious about trading around Trump’s policies, Da said.
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