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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSupreme Court: Law says organizations cannot be sued for torture
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/18/supreme-court-ruling-organizations-cannot-be-sued-for-torture/The United States Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a law on the books since 1991 precludes organizations, both political and corporate, from sued for torture or murder outside of the U.S.
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Supreme Court: Law says organizations cannot be sued for torture (Original Post)
Justice wanted
Apr 2012
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RKP5637
(67,008 posts)1. To me, yet another WTF moment. n/t
CrispyQ
(36,112 posts)2. It feels like the Twilight Zone, some days.
RKP5637
(67,008 posts)4. Doesn't it. Logic, good sense and humanistic approaches, which I once
thought the US stood for, have fled ... and been replaced more and more with this warped sense of convoluted nebulous justice.
asjr
(10,479 posts)3. Well, how about that--from a group that
said corporations were people! If corporations are people so can organizations be people also.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)5. Corporations are people, except when they're not..
Makes perfect sense to me..
BlueIris
(29,135 posts)6. Vile.
The SCOTUS is possibly the most disappointing element of our government at this time. Even more than the GOP in some ways. SCOTUS members are supposed to have brains.