A U.S, Appellate Court says American victims of PLO/PA
Islamic terrorism cannot sue because they have no standing. What in the devil
is wrong with these judicial idiots?
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
in Manhattan has overturned a landmark $655 million
verdict made in February 2016 against the Palestinian Authority and
Palestine Liberation Organization, in favor of victims of terror and their
loved ones.
The federal appeals court reversed
the decision this Wednesday (August 31, 2016), finding that United States
courts had no jurisdiction in the case in the first place due to the limited
contacts of the PA/PLO groups with the U.S. and Supreme Court. READ
THE REST (US 2nd Circuit Appeals Court Reverses
Anti-Terror Verdict Against Palestinian Authority, PLO; By Hana Levi Julian; JewishPress.com;
8/31/16)
America's Leftist activist judges strike again by not
holding PLO terrorists accountable for American deaths. A Federal Court
originally made the civil award and 2nd Appellate denies the award. Crazy Injustices!
Here’s the expanded story from Jihad Watch.
JRH 9/3/16 (Hat Tip: Bob
Gschwind on Crusaders
G+ Community)
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“Free pass for terrorists” as US court cancels $654
million verdict against PLO
September 1, 2016
12:29 pm
“The United States government had said last year that the
case threatened to financially destabilize the Palestinian government and harm
the region.” Oh my, we can’t have a “destabilized” “Palestinian” government. It
might start lobbing rockets at Israeli civilians and calling for genocide on
its TV channel!
“‘Free Pass for Terrorists’ as US Court Cancels $654 Million
Verdict Against PLO,” Associated Press,
September 1, 2016:
The decision to cancel the verdict
against the PLO provides “a free pass for terrorists” to kill Americans
overseas, said an attorney for families of victims.
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday
tossed out a $654 million jury verdict against the Palestine Liberation
Organization for terrorist attacks in the early 2000s in Israel that killed or
wounded Americans, saying the U.S. courts lack jurisdiction because the attacks
were random and not aimed at the United States.
The United States government had
said last year that the case threatened to financially destabilize the
Palestinian government and harm the region.
Wednesday’s written decision by the
2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said the attacks in 2002 and
2004 that killed 33 people and wounded hundreds more were “unquestionably
horrific.” But the three-judge panel said they were fortuitous and “not
expressly aimed at the United States.”
The decision, written by U.S.
District Judge John G. Koeltl, who was sitting on the court temporarily, said
offices maintained by the PLO and Palestinian Authority in Washington were used
to promote the Palestinian cause in speeches and media appearances and to
retain a lobbying firm. It said those purposes were insufficient to give U.S.
courts jurisdiction over the groups for random attacks abroad.
“It’s a very surprising ruling,”
said Robert Tolchin, an attorney for families of Americans killed or injured in
the attacks.
He said the decision provides “a
free pass for terrorists” to kill Americans overseas. Lawyers, he added, were
considering appeals options.
Gassan A. Baloul, an attorney for
the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization, said: “We
are very gratified that the court fully accepted our clients’ consistent
position that the PA and the PLO are not subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States courts in these matters.”
The ruling pertained to a February
2015 jury award of $218 million to Americans in a case that relied on the
Anti-Terrorism Act, which allows victims of U.S.-designated foreign terrorist
organizations to seek compensation for pain and suffering, loss of earnings and
other hardship. The award was automatically tripled under the law….
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