The Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act’s personal jurisdiction provision does not violate the Fifth Amendment’s due process clause because the statute reasonably ties the assertion of jurisdiction over the Palestine Liberation Organization and Palestinian Authority to conduct involving the United States and implicating sensitive foreign policy matters within the prerogative of the political branches.
Judgment
Reversed and remanded, 9-0, in an opinion by John Roberts on Jun 20, 2025. Justice Thomas filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, which Justice Gorsuch joined as to Part II.
Dec 2, 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024.
Dec 6, 2024Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 24-20 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED.
Dec 6, 2024Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 24-20. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 24-20. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED."
Feb 10, 2025SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. VIDED.
Feb 13, 2025Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Feb 13, 2025Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and available with the Clerk.
Apr 1, 2025Argued. For petitioners in 24-20: Kent A. Yalowitz, New York, N. Y. For petitioner in 24-151: Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Mitchell R. Berger, Washington, D. C. VIDED.
Jun 20, 2025Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, which Gorsuch, J., joined as to Part II. VIDED.
Recommended Citation: United States v. Palestine Liberation Organization, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/united-states-v-palestine-liberation-organization/