Posted on 06/23/2003 10:24:25 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:04:14 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The Supreme Court struck down a state law intended to help Holocaust survivors collect on insurance policies from the Nazi era, ruling yesterday that the law was unconstitutional meddling by states in foreign affairs.
The court decided 5-4 to side with the Bush administration, which had urged the court to strike down the law. The administration said the law hurts the government's efforts to speak "with one voice" in international affairs.
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