Constitutional Law Reporter

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

By a vote of 8-1, the Court held that to plead facts sufficient to support a domestic application of the Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. Where the statute does not apply extraterritorially, plaintiffs must establish that “the conduct relevant to the statute’s focus occurred in the United States. Facts of the Case.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The FCRA also creates a cause of action for consumers to sue and recover damages for certain violations. And Congress may create causes of action for plaintiffs to sue defendants who violate those legal prohibitions or obligations. But under Article III, an injury in law is not an injury in fact.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. Congress recognized the threat that tort-based lawsuits pose to freedom of speech in the new and burgeoning Internet medium. 47 U.S.C. § America Online, Inc., 3d 327, 330-31 (4th Cir.

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