This morning at the Supreme Court, @neal_katyal defended two U.S. corporations accused of aiding and abetting child slavery overseas. The question is whether alleged victims can sue these corporations for overseas crimes in U.S. courts. I’ll post a few notable exchanges.
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Second, Kagan asks Katyal: Can a former child slave can sue ten slaveholders as individuals? Katyal says yes. Kagan asks: Can a former child slave sue those ten slaveholders if they form a corporation? Katyal says no. Kagan asks: How does that make any sense?!pic.twitter.com/P0ZXrvSC0A
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Third, Alito (!) asks Katyal: If a U.S. corporation hired foreign agents to kidnap children and hold them in bondage on a plantation in Africa, could those children sue the corporation in U.S. courts under this law? Katyal says: Nope.pic.twitter.com/WWcj9oPjrH
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The two U.S. corporations accused of slavery in this case are
@Nestle and@Cargill. Here's the terrific amicus brief by@oonahathaway that Justice Kagan cited. https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/19/19-416/158257/20201020152223772_40153%20pdf%20Hathaway.pdf … And you can listen to arguments here: https://www.c-span.org/video/?477430-1/alien-tort-statute-consolidated-arguments&live&vod …Show this thread -
Big Law attorneys with a progressive pro bono practice are still Big Law attorneys.https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/12/neal-katyal-supreme-court-nestle-cargill-child-slavery.html …
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Oh my god.
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private practice, man.
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wtf?