Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act
Coverage of Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act in the Nexus archive.
- Supreme Court denies PLO request to pause $655 million win for terror victims
The Supreme Court denied the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) request to pause a $655.5 million judgment awarded to U.S. families of terror attack victims. The judgment, based on claims from 2001–2004 attacks in Israel, was reinstated after Congress passed legislation allowing lawsuits against the PLO. The PLO argued enforcement would destabilize Palestinian government services and regional security.
- Palestine asks Supreme Court to freeze $655 million judgment for terror victims
Palestinian officials petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to block a $655.5 million judgment for terror victims, arguing enforcement would destabilize Palestinian government services and regional security. The judgment, originally dismissed in 2016, was reinstated by a lower court after legislative changes, with the Palestine Liberation Organization claiming the court violated constitutional principles of finality.