Several governments, NGOs, industry associations, and corporations have filed as amici in support of Atlantic Research, including a group of 40 states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, the United States Conference of Mayors, New York City, a group of former EPA officials that includes former Administrator Carol Browner, the Association of California Water Agencies et al., the Natural Resources Defense Council, Lockheed Martin, Ford, and GM. [read post]

The 1999 Final Report to the Prosecutor by the Committee Established to Review the NATO Bombing Campaign Against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which considered allegations that NATO forces breached the proportionality rule in the Kosovo war, summarized the difficulties even under the law today:"The main problem with the principle of proportionality is not whether or not it exists but what it means and how it is to be applied. [read post]