Supreme Court: Corporations aren’t people … when they torture
Today, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that “an individual” meant only a human for purposes of the Torture Victim Prevention Act, impairing the ability of victims of torture to seek meaningful relief from its sponsors. As Justice Sotomayor acknowledges in the last part of the Court’s opinion, this is bad for victims, but insists it’s Congress that’s to blame.
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