Biden in US court for complicity to genocide

Alex Woodward, The Independent, Jan. 26, 2024; Pfc. Sandoval, Sheldon S., Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

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It was Bibi's idea. He yelled and called me a...

While [the pseudo-state of] Israel faces allegations of genocide and war crimes in The Hague for its devastation of Gaza, attorneys for President Joe Biden’s administration are defending him in a federal courtroom in Oakland, California.

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A group of Palestinians and civil rights groups are suing the president for his alleged failure to prevent genocide in Gaza, citing violation of international and federal law, and are asking a judge to halt any additional military "aid" or diplomatic cover and support to Israel.

I call the shots in DC and have for decades. Isn't that right, Billy? - Uh, mmm, what, Bibi?

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At least the US has a free, open, unbiased media

After several weeks of court filings between parties, the plaintiffs will have their day in court on Jan. 26, 2024, when attorneys with the U.S. Department of Justice will argue in front of a federal judge for a hearing that marks the first time that a president has faced allegations of genocide in an American courthouse.

The Biden administration is asking the court to dismiss the case. The lawsuit, which also names Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, invokes U.S. obligations to the Genocide Convention and the Genocide Convention Implementation Act, which was signed into law by then-U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan in 1988.

The Blinken Doctrine (Sec'y of State Blinken)

It was ushered through Congress by then-U.S. Senator from Delaware Joe Biden.

“I am certainly not aware of another sitting U.S. president who has had charges of complicity in genocide brought against him in federal court, or against his senior cabinet members -- a testament in and of itself to the gravity of the US’s significant role in this genocide, the crime of crimes,” Berth Justice Fellow with the Center for Constitutional Rights Sadaf Doost told The Independent.

• More: Joe Biden is being taken to court for ‘complicity’ in Palestinian genocide (msn.com)