Ryan Goodman is the Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Professor of Law at New York University School of Law and a faculty director of its Reiss Center on Law and Security. He is the founding co-editor-in-chief of the national security forum Just Security and served as special counsel to the general counsel of the Department of Defense from 2015 to 2016.
Case
Hochul says James will provide an independent investigation of the alleged Cornell sexual assault. Ziegler objects to the appointment, and Ryan questions whether James's earlier public comments compromise her impartiality.
Case
U.S. Southern Command says confirmed intelligence showed a vessel it struck in the Caribbean on September 19 was involved in narco-trafficking, killing four. It did not release the evidence. A U.N. expert and U.S. critics dispute the legal basis for such strikes.
Role at the time: New York University law professor and founding co-editor-in-chief of Just Security
Response to this claim
Appointing Attorney General Letitia James will ensure an independent investigation of the Cornell allegations without conflict or bias.
“Bravo”
His approval accompanies the governor's justification for appointing James and supports that intervention.
Role at the time: Law professor and co-editor-in-chief of Just Security, posting on Bluesky
Statement summary
In a Bluesky post on the evening of September 20, Goodman wrote "He is not wrong" above a passage from U.N. Special Rapporteur Ben Saul's briefing note saying there are reasonable grounds to believe the 68 attacks it counts "constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law".
“He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law"”
Relative to the strike campaign that includes the September 19 strike and its legal basis, Goodman endorses Saul's conclusion that the attacks constituted crimes against humanity of murder, which is an express condemnation of the conduct.
Statement dates: October 1, 2026
Statement dates: September 20, 2026
Statement dates: October 1, 2026
Statement dates: September 20, 2026
Statement dates: September 20, 2026
Statement dates: October 1, 2026
Statement dates: September 20, 2026
Statement dates: October 1, 2026
