9/11 Case Could Bring Broad Shift on Civil Suits

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/us/21bar.html?scp=1&sq=broad%20shift%20on%20civil%20suits&st=cse

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From: barry levine <levinebar@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:35 AM
Subject: re: 9/11 Case Could Bring Broad Shift on Civil Suits
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To the Editor:

The Supreme Court's decision in re Iqbal is a very consequential precedent for us. It's impact is dwarfed however by this same court's finding in the previous session that the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. constitution does not mean what it says. In the Medellin case, this court moved from interpreting the constitution to negating it. Since that decision, all of American law is played on a whole new landscape.

Barry Levine