More Kiobel Coverage

Lots of coverage on Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, which is being argued today:

• Kenneth Anderson (Volokh Conspiracy)
• Lyle Denniston (SCOTUSblog)
• Jonathan Hafetz (ABA Preview)
• Julian Ku (Point of Law)
• Juan Mendez (Opinio Juris)
• David Savage (Los Angeles Times)
• Nina Totenberg (NPR)
• Peter Weiss (New York Times)
• David Weissbrodt (Point of Law)
• Stephen Wermiel (SCOTUSblog)

One issue that isn’t squarely raised by the questions presented is whether the Alien Tort Statute applies to claims brought by one alien against another (as in Kiobel). Amanda Frost’s Academic Round-up for SCOTUSblog covers an essay by Anthony Bellia and Bradford Clark, which argues that the Alien Tort Statute applies only to claims brought by an alien against a U.S. citizen. Marco Simons has a response on Concurring Opinions.

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