Jamie O’Connell

A lawful president? (Ein rechtmäßiger Präsident?)

Jamie O’Connell quoted by Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Jan. 20, 2017

Nevertheless, Trump is beginning with “more uncertainties and question marks about his presidency than any other president in the recent past,” says US legal scholar Jamie O’Connell of the University of California, Berkeley. His doubts refer to Trump’s violations “of basic norms of democratic coexistence and cooperation,” such as his insulting statements against minorities and the lack of separation between the White House and his company.

Will Turkey let UN officials snoop in the southeast?

Jamie O’Connell quoted by Al-Monitor, May 17, 2016

“Even [US President Barack] Obama saying something wouldn’t transform a government’s behavior,” said Jamie O’Connell, a senior fellow at the University of California, Berkeley law school. “But the difference between leading rights groups like Amnesty [International] or Human Rights Watch making such comments and a UN official doing so is considerable,” he told Al-Monitor in an interview.

Picture of Syrian refugee boy on beach prompts humanitarian action

Jamie O’Connell quoted on KTVU.com, Sept. 4, 2015

“This is one the most severe refugee crises seen anywhere at least since World War II,” said Jamie O’Connell, a senior fellow at UC Berkeley School of Law. “For, I think, any human being, it (the photo) brings home the tragedy, the human tragedy that this involves.”