High Court Primed to Allow Suits Against Palestinian Groups (1)

The US Supreme Court appeared likely to uphold the latest attempt by Congress to allow suits against Palestinian groups over US citizens injured or killed in terror attacks abroad.

Noting that Congress is attempting to deal with the “recurring problem of terrorism,” Justice Brett Kavanaugh said at argument on Tuesday that courts shouldn’t second-guess the political branches in this area.

Courts shouldn’t be coming in and saying, “Gee, what Congress and the president are doing here to advance the national security and foreign policy interest in the United States strikes us, you know, from our perch, as unfair,” Kavanaugh said. ...