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22 CUNY L. Rev. Footnote Forum 1 (2019)

handle is hein.journals/cunyform22 and id is 1 raw text is: CUNY LAW REVIEW FOOTNOTE FORUM March 3, 2019 Recommended citation: A. Karyum Ahmed, The Rogue Sovereign: Trump, Sovereignty & Revo- lution 22 CUNY L. REv. F. 1 (2019). THE ROGUE SOVEREIGN: TRUMP, SOVEREIGNTY & REVOLUTION A. Kayum Ahmedt INTRODUCTION..................1.............................. PART I.................................................. 3 A. Sovereignty in International Law....... ............... 3 B. Sovereignty Revisited........................ 5 PART II ................................................. 10 A. Trump As Sovereign ........... ............. 10 CONCLUSION................................................ 15 INTRODUCTION In his inaugural U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) address, President Trump mentions the words 'sovereign' or 'sovereignty' 21 times, assert- ing that: [i]n foreign affairs, we are renewing this founding principle of sovereignty.' While most critics have drawn attention to Trump's incon- T A. Kayum Ahmed is an Adjunct Faculty member at Columbia University Law School where he teaches classes in socio-economic rights, as well as African law, literature and poli- tics. Following his participation in anti-white supremacist protests at Columbia University, Kayum was placed on the right-wing Professor Watchlist for advancing leftist propaganda in the classroom. Before joining Columbia, Kayum served as CEO of the South African Human Rights Commission from 2010 to 2015. He holds a Ph.D in education from Columbia Univer- sity, various degrees from the universities of Oxford (MS.t), Leiden (LL.M.), Western Cape (M.A.) and Cape Town (B.A. Hons and LL.B.) 1 Donald J. Trump, Remarks to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, 2017 DAILY COMP. PRES. Doc., at 2 (Sept. 19, 2017) [hereinafter Trump, Remarks to the 1

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