Supreme Court Upholds Law Facilitating Lawsuits Against Palestinian Authorities by American Victims of Attacks
June 20, 202511 ViewsRead Time: 1 minutes
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The US Supreme Court today, Friday, upheld a law passed by Congress to facilitate lawsuits against Palestinian authorities by relatives of American victims of attacks abroad amid efforts to obtain financial compensation for acts of violence that occurred years ago in Israel and the West Bank.
The Supreme Court decision, issued unanimously by its nine judges, overturns a lower court ruling that the 2019 Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act violated the rights of the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization in the legal procedures required under the US Constitution.
Chief Justice John Roberts, who drafted the ruling, stated that the 2019 Jurisdictional Statute aligns with the due process rights enshrined in the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.
Roberts wrote, "The federal government may craft a specific jurisdictional provision that ensures, as part of a broader foreign policy program, a proper forum for Americans injured or killed in terrorist acts to assert their rights" for compensation under a federal law known as the 1990 Anti-Terrorism Act.
The US government and a group of American victims' relatives who were killed or injured had challenged the lower court's decision that struck down a provision of that law.
The Supreme Court decision, issued unanimously by its nine judges, overturns a lower court ruling that the 2019 Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act violated the rights of the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization in the legal procedures required under the US Constitution.
Chief Justice John Roberts, who drafted the ruling, stated that the 2019 Jurisdictional Statute aligns with the due process rights enshrined in the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.
Roberts wrote, "The federal government may craft a specific jurisdictional provision that ensures, as part of a broader foreign policy program, a proper forum for Americans injured or killed in terrorist acts to assert their rights" for compensation under a federal law known as the 1990 Anti-Terrorism Act.
The US government and a group of American victims' relatives who were killed or injured had challenged the lower court's decision that struck down a provision of that law.
