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19 Oct 2017, 4:41 am by Anthea Roberts
These issues include whether and when US courts have jurisdiction to hear claims based on customary international law under the Alien Tort Statute (Filartiga and Sosa v Alvarez-Machain), the power of the President/executive to settle claims by US nationals and establish military commissions (Dames & Moore and Hamdan) and the application of immunity and act of state doctrines by US courts (Samantar and Sabbatino). [read post]
27 Jul 2017, 11:24 am by Richard Herz
Alvarez-Machain, the ATS is “only jurisdictional. [read post]
16 Mar 2017, 7:42 pm by Patricia Wald
Alvarez-Machain, 542 U.S. 692, 750 (2004) as a “fad,” a “fashion,” and “a 20th century invention of internationalist law professors and human rights advocates”). [read post]
21 Feb 2017, 10:02 am by John Bellinger, Andy Wang
AlvarezMachain, “demonstrate that [other] factors are central to the analysis of an ATS claim. [read post]
30 Dec 2015, 1:44 pm by John Bellinger
   In 2004, in Sosa v Alvarez Machain, the Court unanimously reversed a Ninth Circuit decision allowing an ATS lawsuit for arbitrary arrest and detention, holding that the ATS should be limited to those violations of the law of nations recognized in 1789 -- assaults against ambassadors, violations of safe conduct, and piracy -- and a "modest number" of other offenses "on a norm of international character accepted by the civilized… [read post]
29 Oct 2015, 4:26 am by Ryan Scoville
Alvarez-Machain: (1) In ascertaining custom, federal courts have cited U.S. government sources far more frequently than those of all foreign states combined. [read post]
14 Oct 2015, 11:10 am by Milena Sterio
  In light of the 2004 Supreme Court opinion in Sosa v. [read post]
31 Aug 2015, 10:50 am
I’ve recently been blogging about my new article, The Inherent-Powers Corollary: Judicial Non-Delegation and Federal Common Law, which I’ve posted to SSRN. [read post]
25 Mar 2015, 4:12 am by Beth Van Schaack
Alvarez-Machain, the court concluded that the ATS did not confer jurisdiction over corporations. [read post]