SUPREME COURT - On Foreign Human Rights

"Supreme Court Rules Foreign Human Rights Cases Can't Be Tried in U.S." PBS Newshour 4/17/2013

Excerpt

SUMMARY:  The Supreme Court ruled against trying foreign human rights cases in U.S. courts.  The justices decided that a 1789 tort statute enacted by the first Congress didn't apply to conduct outside of the U.S.  Gwen Ifill talks to National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle about why the court's ruling is a huge blow for human rights activists.