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October 25, 2005
Feinstein Withdraws Bill Gutting Alien Tort Claims Act
I just received an email from Senator Feinstein's office that she has withdraw the bill she was sponsoring to undermine the Alien Tort Claims Act and undermine international human rights, as I wrote about here last week.
This is the letter to the Judiciary Committee (pdf) her office attached to the email, so I assume she wanted folks to read that public pressure has its effect:
"The legislation calls for refinement in light of concerns raised by human rights advocates, and thus a hearing or other action by the Committee on this bill would be premature."We'll need to keep our eye on her office, but I'm glad she was willing to withdraw such a bad bill. And congrats to the human rights groups like EarthRights International which led the campaign to force Feinstein to back down.
Posted by Nathan at October 25, 2005 12:09 PM
