Sovereign Immunity

The Supreme Court Applies Immunity to Prevent Suits

Brad Reid | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Public Policy, Absolute Immunity, Halliburton, Sovereign Immunity, Grand Jury, Politics News
Brad Reid

Federal law preempted state law tort claims of negligence and fraud against the Army contractors that the heirs had sued. Consequently, the public policy question to consider is how broadly to extend immunity from suits?

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Tribal Sovereign Immunity Applies to Commercial Transactions

Brad Reid | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Native Americans, Tribal Sovereignty, Black Hills Claims Settlement, Subpoena, Sovereign Immunity, Senator-Max-Baucus, Business News
Brad Reid

The U.S. District Court in Colorado recently held that Miami Nations' tribal sovereign immunity applied to both governmental and commercial activities...

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Immunity: Disastrous Decisions in 2007 Return to Haunt 2012

Peter Van Buren | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Iraq War, Nisoor Square, Diplomacy, Iraq Sofa, Sovereign Immunity, Private Security Contractors, Nisour Square, Iraq War Ending, Iraq Drawdown, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Iraq Withdrawal, Politics News
Peter Van Buren

It was the 2007 Nisour Square Blackwater killings, not Wikileaks, that derailed plans for U.S. troops to stay on in Iraq.

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Oil Cartels and Venezuela -- A Moment of Truth for the Obama Justice Department

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nopec, Venezuela, Opec, Deparment of Justice, George W. Bush, Obama Administration, Barack Obama, Federal Trade Commision, Citgo, Politics, Sherman Act, George H.W. Bush, Saudi Arabia, Oil, Petroleos De Venezuela, Hillary Clinton, King Fahd, Sovereign Immunity, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

The proceedings in the ongoing United States vs. CITGO Petroleum Corporation clearly reveal our government's abject alliance with the machinations of the OPEC cartel.

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Elena Kagan's Strange Bedfellows

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Senator Arlen Spector, Amicus Brief, World, Times Square Bomber, Saudi Arabia, 9/11, Sen. Charles Schumer, Al-Qaeda, Newt Gingrich, Senator Lindsey Graham, Sovereign Immunity, Elena Kagan, Politics News
Raymond J. Learsy

Kagan's nomination brings up again the issue of "Sovereign Immunity," and what it portends to our safety.

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New Justice Department Policy Signals Hope for Justice in Vieques

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Navy, Vieques Puerto Rico, National Security, State Secrets Privilege, Eric Holder Attorney General, Obama Justice Department, Sovereign Immunity, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

Dropping the sovereign immunity defense in the Vieques environmental case would demonstrate the Obama administration's commitment to ending the overzealous use of national defense claims.

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'Justice for Vieques': Resolutions Passed by Both Houses of Puerto Rican Legislature

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Navy, White House, Vieques Puerto Rico, Contamination, American Values Network, United Nations, National Council of La Raza, Justice Department, League of United Latin American Cities (LULAC), Eric Holder, Sovereign Immunity, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

In the government's twisted logic, warning people about the impending bombing that will contaminate their air, water, soil and bodies could harm these citizens more.

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The Doctrine of "Sovereign Immunity" Presents a Grave Danger to Our Security

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Sidney Harman, Mike McConnel, Congress, 12th Centrury, Saudi Princes, Green, Al Queda, Opec, Sovereign Immunity, The Adiministration, Fred Kaplan, Saudi Arabia, Representative Jane Harman, Energy, Aspen Institute, Wmd, Aspen Ideas Festival, Politics, Gen. Jack Keane, Michael Chertoff, Politics News
Raymond J. Learsy

Sovereign Immunity has its roots in old English law postulating that neither the sovereign nor the sovereign state can commit a legal wrong. It is an anachronism of another time and poses a great danger to our security.

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U.S. Launches Complaint at WTO Over Chinese Export Curbs While Giving OPEC/Saudi Arabia a Free Pass

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: President Obama, 9/11, European Union, China, Opec, Justice Department, Federal Trade Commision, World Trade Organization, European Trade Commisioner Baroness Ashton, Financial TImes, Saudi Arabia, Oil, New York Times, President Bush, 2003 Joint Congressional Inquiry, Prince Bandar, Sovereign Immunity, Department of Energy, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Though Obama has enough on his plate, if time and energy can be directed at China because of export trade constraints, then certainly action against the OPEC cartel is long overdue.

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Obama Must Live Up to Campaign Pledge on Vieques Cleanup

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lead, Lisa Jackson, Napalm, Vieques Puerto Rico, Alan Grayson, Agent Orange, Camp Lejeune, Mercury Poisoning, Justice Department, Depleted Uranium, Eric Holder, Arsenic, Asbestos in Libby Montana, Bush Administration, Contamination, Sovereign Immunity, US Navy, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

President Obama should instruct all relevant federal agencies to live up to his stated commitment to address the health crisis in Vieques immediately, pursue an "environmentally acceptable" clean-up for Vieques, and work toward a fair and complete resolution to the ongoing litigation.

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Love Your Neighbor, Love the Earth

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vieques, Puerto Rican, Compensatory Damages, Toxic Metals, Compensation, Health, Government, Puerto Rican Island, US Navy, Bush Administration, Contaminants, Target Range, Justice Department, Protest, Justice, Sovereign Immunity, Advocacy, Green Living, Green News
Jim Wallis

We cannot claim to care for the poor while we turn our backs on our role in the destruction of the most basic resources our neighbors need for survival.

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