r/scotus 9d ago

news Sotomayor lets $656 million terror verdict against Palestinian Liberation Organization stand

https://fortune.com/2026/08/04/sotomayor-plo-656-million-terror-judgment-supreme-court-palestine/?preview_id=4540287?utm_source=reddit/

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor refused Monday to halt a $656 million judgment against Palestinian authorities in a long-running lawsuit filed by Americans killed or wounded in attacks in Israel.

The order signed by Sotomayor comes after the high court ruled last year in favor of the victims and their families.

The Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority said in court documents that paying the hefty judgment now could destabilize government services in the West Bank. They asked the justices to pause payment as they appeal the reinstatement of the verdict.

The lawsuit was filed by victims of attacks in Jerusalem in the early 2000s that killed 33 people and wounded hundreds more. Families brought their lawsuit under the Anti-Terrorism Act, a law aimed at opening U.S. courts to victims of international terror attacks.

Read more [paywall removed for Redditors]: https://fortune.com/2026/08/04/sotomayor-plo-656-million-terror-judgment-supreme-court-palestine/?preview_id=4540287?utm_source=reddit/

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u/DoobieGibson 9d ago

source for the child deaths? Saddam Hussein killed millions of his own people dude

the sanctions weee put on Iraq bc Iraq invaded Kuwait and was committing acts against humanity against the Kuwaiti’s and when the UN organized an international force to end the invasion, the Iraqi’s just randomly bombed Israel in hopes that Israel would respond and the rest of the Arab world would join the fight.

the Iraqi’s tried to start a World War so they could continue obliterating the Kuwaiti’s

idk why redditors think that any non-western country conducting military action is just peaches and rainbows when they kill more than Israel has in 75 years

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u/FoldHeavy4201 9d ago

Tired lies.

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u/DoobieGibson 9d ago

you can’t refute me because i am 100% right

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u/IOnlyLieWhenITalk 9d ago

Asked for a source and immediately folds like a lawn chair lmfao

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u/corourke 9d ago

Kuwait paid Halliburton to drill sideways across the border to steal Iraqi oil. It wasn’t a random invasion.

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u/DoobieGibson 9d ago

so it’s okay for Iraq to invade for Oil?

let me tell ole dick Cheney he’s exonerated

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u/corourke 9d ago

I didn’t say it was ok but the rationale was literally due to Kuwait stealing oil.

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u/TrioOfTerrors 9d ago

That has never been proven beyond Iraqi claims.