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A group of 16 US senators have renewed a bipartisan effort to curtail the ability of countries to invoke sovereign immunity in lawsuits accusing them of supporting terrorism — a move aimed in large part to clear the way for long stymied legal claims about Saudi Arabia's alleged complicity in the 9/11 terror attacks to proceed.
On Thursday, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) reintroduced the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA). This is the third time the bill has been submitted since 2011. The Senate passed it last December, but it stalled in the House. There is hope that the time has finally come for Congress to approve it. The latest version is co-sponsored by 14 other senators, including Al Franken (D-MN), Diane Feinstein (D-CA), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Jeff Flake (R-AZ).
JASTA would retroactively affect any civil action "arising out of an injury to a person, property, or business on or after September 11, 2001." In statements accompanying the announcement, both Schumer and Cornyn associated the bill with litigation related to the attacks.
This Bill Would Allow a Lawsuit Over Saudi Government's Alleged Role in 9/11 to Proceed | VICE News
And here we go again.
On Thursday, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) reintroduced the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA). This is the third time the bill has been submitted since 2011. The Senate passed it last December, but it stalled in the House. There is hope that the time has finally come for Congress to approve it. The latest version is co-sponsored by 14 other senators, including Al Franken (D-MN), Diane Feinstein (D-CA), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Jeff Flake (R-AZ).
JASTA would retroactively affect any civil action "arising out of an injury to a person, property, or business on or after September 11, 2001." In statements accompanying the announcement, both Schumer and Cornyn associated the bill with litigation related to the attacks.
This Bill Would Allow a Lawsuit Over Saudi Government's Alleged Role in 9/11 to Proceed | VICE News
And here we go again.
