Talk:Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act

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no 'sau' string in the bill

This act is to apply to any national sponsor of terrorism. This pedio article is kind of il wash to frame 'sau*'. See for yourself primary source https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2040/text — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.90.196.227 (talk) 08:31, 10 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

By google count il get almost* 50 percent more count than sau 31,700:21400 [1] [2]

add* (i-s)/s=48..13% — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.90.196.227 (talk) 09:13, 10 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Legal Position and Balance =

This article would benefit from a short explanation of what the bill wants to change ffrom aa legal perspective. i.e In which areas was sovereign immunity planned to be tightened?. Are there some expert users on Wikipedia that would be able to add this?
As this is English Wikipedia, on a US (federal) bill many of the sources are going to be from what would be termed "Western" media sources. However, should views (and sources) from a wider perspective be included? I was thinking Al Jazeera might be a reasonable one if it's reported on this bill?

ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 18:15, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not Yet Federal Law!

As of September 28, 2016, the Senate has overruled Obama's veto of this bill 97-1. This does not automatically mean that it is federal law, as it still needs to pass through the House of Representatives again. Please do not edit this stating it is law until HoR have confirmed it. Mcs2050wiki (talk) 17:12, 28 September 2016 (UTC) HoR has now confirmed, however it is not clear on what date this formally becomes law. Is it 28 September 2016 or 29 September 2016 or 1 January 2017. Perhaps the answer would be obvious to an expert - but it isn't to a casual user of Wikipedia like me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.233.53.146 (talk) 08:20, 29 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Once both houses have voted, it becomes law and since the act does not contain a date in which its provisions come into effect, it comes into immediate effect, i.e., Sept. 28.[3] However only torts following that date are included, except for terrorism related to the 9/11 attacks. TFD (talk) 13:13, 29 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Criticism and coverup allegations

The Prime Minister of Turkey, Binali Yildirim said, "The bill is a cover for the U.S. to seize Saudi funds, this has nothing to do with international law." Perhaps we should include a subtitle under the title "Criticism". -78.171.180.160 (talk) 17:45, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Link to the lawsuits?

Since there are only a small number of cases that can be brought based on this case, it doesn't seem unreasonable to have the page have a section about the status of the actual cases. --207.188.207.18 (talk) 15:31, 29 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]