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There is always an excuse not to do something, but the chief argument used by JASTA’s detractors is flimsy. When weighed against the moral imperative to do right by the families of the 9/11 ...
Remember, and as much as some wish were the case, there is no solid evidence the government of Saudi Arabia was complicit in the attacks of 9/11. The blame for passing JASTA is bipartisan.
The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) gives families and survivors of the September 11 attacks an avenue to pursue justice in American courts against Saudi Arabia, for what they ...
Bob Goodlatte. Goodlatte chairs the House Judiciary Committee, where JASTA now sits languishing. In November, a group representing 9/11 Families United For Justice Against Terrorism met with ...
That’s one of the reasons why the 9/11 plaintiffs have had such difficulty hauling Saudi Arabia into court. It’s not at all clear that [the amended version of] JASTA solves that problem ...
Contrary to what Secretary of State John Kerry has said, this bill, the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, or JASTA, does not ... the heinous murders on 9/11. It is good policy to enact ...
It is true that the September 11 community worked for nearly seven years to persuade Congress to enact this law to deter terrorism, but the real credit for JASTA goes to the Members of Congress ...
The 9/11 Commission explored the possibility that ... and the Kingdom looks to the U.S. for leadership in that war. In response to JASTA, Saudi Arabia has made threats of taking economic measures ...
and to legislatively abrogate judicial decisions that had dismissed such cases brought by victims of the September 11, 2011 attacks on the United States. While JASTA secured major support in ...