According to citizens united a corporation is a legal entity with a right to communication. They’ve stated that the actions of a corporate entity through money, media or message is constitutionally protected speech. If it can be proved that they did in fact aid a foreign group in torture, murder and suppressing speech I think they should be tried for war crimes and terrorist actions. We are fighting a war on terror aren’t we, did we not just authorize the military to exercise their power domestically and detain citizens in Guantanamo, should we not hold corporate entities to the same standards we hold our citizens as the beneficiaries of constitutional provisions. The two faced nature of the government in the light of private interests is disgusting and if they fail to make the correct decision I will be appalled. However I don’t know and can’t prove that the organization participated in the alleged actions, if they did though it seems like a no brainer.
We need to fight torture anywhere and everywhere. If our Courts can help win the battle against human rights violations, they damn well better do it! I’m sure our wonderful President fully supports this, and his fabulous Court appointees Sandra and Elena will back him up
I don’t see how a ruling for the plaintiffs comes out well for US corporations. If the court holds corporations responsible for a person being mistreated by their own government it will open the doors for 2nd and 3rd tier human rights countries such as China, Russia, Middle Eastern etc to gain an economic advantage over Western countries. I do not see those countries voluntarily making themselves subject to the same law and they will certainly not adopt all the same tort laws we have in the U.S. Also, by favoring the Nigerian plaintiffs, the Administration is attempting to stop using our military as the world’s policeman by shifting that task to corporations – Not a bad idea if all companies played on a level field.
It is good for the United States to do what is right by not given the corporations licence to kill, and to do what is right in the present of God and man to fight human right abuse. If the United States denied the Nigerian justice, God and the world are watching the outcome.
Last time I checked Shell is a British Company, so why is this lawsuit even being considered in US Courts. This lawsuit should be brought in Britain – if the British court throws it out then that’s the end of it.
If we allow suits like this to happen here then any person who expeirences human rights violations by any corporation, no matter where that corporation is headquartered, can and will bring the suit in the US.
According to citizens united a corporation is a legal entity with a right to communication. They’ve stated that the actions of a corporate entity through money, media or message is constitutionally protected speech. If it can be proved that they did in fact aid a foreign group in torture, murder and suppressing speech I think they should be tried for war crimes and terrorist actions. We are fighting a war on terror aren’t we, did we not just authorize the military to exercise their power domestically and detain citizens in Guantanamo, should we not hold corporate entities to the same standards we hold our citizens as the beneficiaries of constitutional provisions. The two faced nature of the government in the light of private interests is disgusting and if they fail to make the correct decision I will be appalled. However I don’t know and can’t prove that the organization participated in the alleged actions, if they did though it seems like a no brainer.
We need to fight torture anywhere and everywhere. If our Courts can help win the battle against human rights violations, they damn well better do it! I’m sure our wonderful President fully supports this, and his fabulous Court appointees Sandra and Elena will back him up
I don’t see how a ruling for the plaintiffs comes out well for US corporations. If the court holds corporations responsible for a person being mistreated by their own government it will open the doors for 2nd and 3rd tier human rights countries such as China, Russia, Middle Eastern etc to gain an economic advantage over Western countries. I do not see those countries voluntarily making themselves subject to the same law and they will certainly not adopt all the same tort laws we have in the U.S. Also, by favoring the Nigerian plaintiffs, the Administration is attempting to stop using our military as the world’s policeman by shifting that task to corporations – Not a bad idea if all companies played on a level field.
It is good for the United States to do what is right by not given the corporations licence to kill, and to do what is right in the present of God and man to fight human right abuse. If the United States denied the Nigerian justice, God and the world are watching the outcome.
Last time I checked Shell is a British Company, so why is this lawsuit even being considered in US Courts. This lawsuit should be brought in Britain – if the British court throws it out then that’s the end of it.
If we allow suits like this to happen here then any person who expeirences human rights violations by any corporation, no matter where that corporation is headquartered, can and will bring the suit in the US.
Shell is not British. The company is Royal Dutch Shell, Plc. It is based in The Hague, Netherlands.