U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Oct. 23, 2009
The Ban on Genocide
Stan Goldman of Loyola Law School comments on the 9th Circuit's ruling in favor of political policy to ban state use of the term 'genocide.'
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By Stan GoldmanThis is America. Eventually, we litigate everything. A 9th Circuit Federal Court of Appeal in California has found itself oddly embroiled in the controversial question of whether the state of California or any other state may refer to the 1915-1921 massacres of Armenians at the hands of the Turkish soldiers as "genocide." By a 2-1 margin (presently on petition for rehearing), a federal appellate panel has favored the position that...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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