The Conversation
January 13, 2026
The Conversation asked Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor of international law at the University of Notre Dame, to explain what about recent actions by the U.S. violate international law and why that matters.
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The Boston Globe
January 12, 2026
Roy Scranton is an essayist, novelist, literary critic, climate philosopher, and author, most recently, of “Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress.” He teaches at the University of Notre Dame, where he directs the Environmental Humanities Initiative.
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The Conversation
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January 08, 2026
Mary Ellen O'Connell, professor of law and international peace studies, University of Notre Dame
The New York Times
January 07, 2026
But William N. Evans, an economist at Notre Dame, notes an offsetting rise in the number of disabled veterans, who face the highest risk of homelessness. Analyzing the effects of HUD-VASH on hundreds of localities, he and three co-authors found that “veterans’ homelessness would have risen substantially” without the expanded aid.
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The New York Times
January 07, 2026
The outreach effort may also be a way for the authorities to monitor residents in case they begin organizing opposition to the government and its handling of the fire, said Victoria Hui, an associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame who studies Hong Kong. “It seems that they are trying to kill two birds with one stone,” Ms. Hui said.
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EWTN
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January 07, 2026
Mary Ellen O'Connell, international law professor, University of Notre Dame
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Bloomberg
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January 06, 2026
Former federal prosecutor Jimmy Gurule, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频, and Jessica Peake, Director of the International & Comparative Law Program at UCLA Law 91视频, discuss the federal charges against ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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USA Today
January 06, 2026
Maduro’s lawyers are expected to challenge the court’s jurisdiction over his case by arguing the military attack on Venezuela violated international law, according to Jimmy Gurule虂, a former prosecutor who is now a law professor at Notre Dame.
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Yahoo
January 05, 2026
Similarly, Mary Ellen O'Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频 in the US state of Indiana, spoke of a kidnapping. "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," O'Connell told NBC. "And it never has the right to do that in order to bring an individual out to stand trial before their courts."
NBC News
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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Forbes
January 05, 2026
By Joe Holt, Contributor. I cover environmental, social, and governance issues.
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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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