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1.61803 Member (Idle past 1533 days) Posts: 2928 From: Lone Star State USA Joined: |
With congress overturning President Obama's veto for a Saudi 9/11 lawsuit, it seems the president believes it will set a dangerous precedent for our own country. Is this true? Will this action cause more harm than good or will it force countries to perhaps curtail "bad behavior" that could result in litigation? I believe this as with most public policy is a double edged sword that may come back to haunt the U.S.
Edited by Adminnemooseus, : Touched up truncated topic title. Deleted "Coffee house discussion" from end of message."You were not there for the beginning. You will not be there for the end. Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative" William S. Burroughs
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Tanypteryx Member Posts: 4451 From: Oregon, USA Joined: Member Rating: 5.0 |
Will this action cause more harm than good or will it force countries to perhaps curtail "bad behavior" that could result in litigation? I can't imagine why the Saudis or any other country would pay any attention. What power does a U.S. court have over foreign governments? What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy
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jar Member (Idle past 423 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
The courts do have power over funds held in US Institutions. The US Courts can freeze assets.
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Diomedes Member Posts: 996 From: Central Florida, USA Joined: |
The courts do have power over funds held in US Institutions. The US Courts can freeze assets. I think it is more the legal wrangling that the want to avoid. I am no fan of the Saudi government, but it will be extremely difficult to find them guilty of any wrong-doing for 9/11 unless someone can tie them to the terrorists directly. Either through money transfers or purposeful direction on their part. If the event was somehow state sponsored by them, then that would be grounds for a lawsuit. Although ironically, if the Saudi government is directly linked to the terrorists and directed their actions, then technically that is an act of war. The lawsuit would be the least of their problems.
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Taq Member Posts: 10085 Joined: Member Rating: 5.1 |
Tanypteryx writes: I can't imagine why the Saudis or any other country would pay any attention. What power does a U.S. court have over foreign governments? The Saudis in particular have a very cozy relationship with the US that they don't want to screw with. We currently have military bases in Saudi Arabia meaning that any attack on Saudi Arabia would probably result in immediate retaliation from the US. There are also the very close economic ties between the countries. They are probably our closest arab allies in the entire region.
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1.61803 Member (Idle past 1533 days) Posts: 2928 From: Lone Star State USA Joined: |
Hi Diomedes,
I do not think there is a "direct" link. However the U.S. has lost face in this instance yet once again imo, in so far as the US congress overriding the president's veto. It freakin pisses me off that someone as astute in the law as President Obama would be brushed aside like this. Bringing a lawsuit against the Saudi government may be more symbolic and in more ways than first glance. It is political. I realize our government is in bed with the Saudi government for obvious reasons (OIL)but this will certainly be a game changer now.We are talking about a government with some of the worse human rights infractions on the planet they will fart in our general direction. "You were not there for the beginning. You will not be there for the end. Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative" William S. Burroughs
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1.61803 Member (Idle past 1533 days) Posts: 2928 From: Lone Star State USA Joined:
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Hi Tanypteryx,
I think personally this is more symbolic than substantive litigation. I will eat my words if the case brought brings out a smoking gun. We are as the Prez said inserting our collective penis's into a hornets nest. Ok maybe that was someone else but you get the gist. ![]() Edited by 1.61803, : jist to gist"You were not there for the beginning. You will not be there for the end. Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative" William S. Burroughs
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Taq Member Posts: 10085 Joined: Member Rating: 5.1 |
1.61803 writes: Hi Tanypteryx,I think personally this is more symbolic than substantive litigation. I will eat my words if the case brought brings out a smoking gun. We are as the Prez said inserting our collective penis's into a hornets nest. Ok maybe that was someone else but you get the gist.
"Hoisted by one's own petard" would be the idiom of choice on this one. A good example is the law they passed in Oklahoma allowing religious iconography to be displayed on state owned property, like the statehouse. The OK legislature thought that this would be a great idea since it would allow them to put all the crosses and suffering Jesus' in the statehouse that they wanted. What they didn't forsee was a group of people who wanted to put up a Satanic statue at the OK statehouse. A classic example of something blowing up in your face, or being hoisted by the bomb you are planting on your enemy's door (the petard). The "sue the Saudis law" has the same potential. It opens us up to the very thing some people want to do to other countries. Edited by Taq, : No reason given.
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jar Member (Idle past 423 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined:
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And Congress seems to forget that no country commits acts more often that most certainly could be the basis of a lawsuit than the US.
This bill could be the biggest Foreign Aid bill ever passed. Edited by jar, : addaline
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NoNukes Inactive Member
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And Congress seems to forget that no country commits acts more often that most certainly could be the basis of a lawsuit than the US. In the days since overriding the veto, several Congress critters have thought about some of the consequences and are blaming Obama for not engaging them prior to his veto. I find those claims absolutely bizarre. I have yet to hear of a downside that I and everyone else did not understand prior to the bill passing. Congress Now Blaming Obama For Its Embarrassing Override Of His Veto | HuffPost Latest News "Congress Now Blaming Obama For Its Embarrassing Override Of His Veto" From Mitch McConnell.
quote: So the inability of Congress to act adult is the president's fault? eFFing moron. Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given. Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. Thomas Jefferson Seems to me if its clear that certain things that require ancient dates couldn't possibly be true, we are on our way to throwing out all those ancient dates on the basis of the actual evidence. -- Faith
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Pressie Member Posts: 2103 From: Pretoria, SA Joined: |
Sorry. I made a big mistake.
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Pressie Member Posts: 2103 From: Pretoria, SA Joined: |
Not being a lawyer and all that.
Can a country like the US make retrospective laws to be enforced today? Maybe it's a question for another thread?
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Dr Adequate Member (Idle past 314 days) Posts: 16113 Joined: |
The US has particularly stringent rules against ex post facto laws. However, they probably don't apply in this case. Though really one would have to ask the Supreme Court, and indeed this is what's going to happen if no-one stops it any sooner.
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jar Member (Idle past 423 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Which would be a real test of this court to see if the Constitution really has any validity. The issue will likely end up on the somewhat annoying fact that the Constitution specifies that there are three, not one, sources of supreme authority of the law in the US, the Constitution, Treaties and laws passed by Congress.
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