I do not believe any money is going anywhere. Just facts are going to come out.... That may be enough. You see?
I guess I'm a little thick at times.
There is a problem here involving the Vatican, some Catholic clerics and groups of people persecuted in WW2 by the Nazis and Croatians who were assisted in some way in the persecution by these Catholic clerics.
Representatives of the persecuted people want to bring charges against the Catholic Church for what these Nazi-collaborating priests were alleged to have done.
For some reason, they have selected the American courts as a forum for their suit.
The offenses were not done by Americans or on American soil, nor were Americans directly or indirectly involved.
The U.S. ninth circuit court says o.k. - bring on the suit.
Court officials paid with U.S. tax dollars, using facilities paid for with U.S. dollars, hear a case which in no way directly or indirectly involves us.
What does the Constitution say about this? Does it give U.S. federal courts jurisdiction in cases like this?
What kind of precedent does this set? Will we then have Hutsis suiting Tutsis or vice versa in U.S. Courts, or Basques suing Spanirds etc??
And what about enforcement of any court decisions? Do U.S. Courts have the right to seize assets of a third party in the U.S. in a case involving an incident in which the U.S. has had no direct part?
Am I missing something here?