CAC Release: In Deeply Disappointing Decision, Supreme Court Ignores Ordinary Meaning of Statute and Denies Victims of Torture Their Day in Court (opens in new tab)

WASHINGTON, DC – Following today’s decision at the Supreme Court in Cisco Systems v. Doe, a case in which the Court considered, among other questions, whether the Torture Victim Protection Act imposes liability on those who aid and abet torture, Constitutional Accountability Center Legal Fellow Harith Khawaja issued this reaction: In today’s disappointing decision, the […]