By Matt DeSantis, Staff Writer September saw the first Congressional override of a presidential veto in President Barack Obama’s term, resulting in a law that limits the scope of foreign states’ sovereign immunity even further than its predecessor, the 1976 Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.[1][2] The passage of this […]
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A Look at the Debate over the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act
By David Zvirman, Staff Writer Recently, there has been a lot of attention given to the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA). This act is more commonly known in the media as the bill that would allow 9/11 victims to bring civil suits against Saudi Arabia for its […]