Madelaine Forsythe
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Madelaine Forsythe
@freespeech360
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We in the Trump Administration take very seriously our obligation to safeguard US sovereignty and to ensure that the only laws governing Americans are the laws duly enacted by our elected representatives under our Constitution. This means, among other things, making sure that "international law" norms often made up out of whole cloth by foreigners outside our constitutional structure aren't accorded the force of law in US courts. In this regard, we're delighted that the US Supreme Court has now clarified (in Cisco Sys., Inc. v. Doe, link below) that the so-called Alien Tort Statute of 1789 doesn't authorize US federal courts to create new causes of action for alleged violations of international law. Some lower federal courts started claiming such authority in the 1980s and until now the US Supreme Court had left the matter somewhat ambiguous. In my current position, I've witnessed ominous efforts around the world to craft novel "international law" norms, and am relieved that our Administration persuaded the Supreme Court (see link below for brief) to close the door on giving any such norms the force of law in US courts. In our constitutional system, the power to create new causes of action belongs to Congress--not the courts and certainly not international organizations or other foreign entities.








Whilst I understand the detriment to Beira’s Place is real, and focussing on @jk_rowling get clicks it’s a shame that mainstream press coverage of the Amnesty debacle is not also focussing on us smaller groups listed who do not have the same power or influence to defend ourselves






Read the updated draft code of practice for services, public functions and associations here: ow.ly/FxGA50ZnjVx












Only Haaland could rizz a quarterfinal World Cup exit straight into generational aura farming




