"President Obama, rather than filing a brief based on the merits of this case, chose instead - on the eve of Prime Minister Erdogan's visit to Washington, DC - to send Ankara a political gift by both deepening his Administration's complicity in the denial of the Armenian Genocide and also obstructing justice for American citizens seeking redress through the U.S. courts," said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. "We will, despite the President's retreat from principle, persevere in the pursuit of the justice owed the Armenian nation."
In a 27-page brief submitted to the Supreme Court earlier today, the U.S. Solicitor General argues that the
It also makes reference to selective Executive branch opposition to Armenian Genocide legislation, but not the
The Supreme Court, which had requested the Administration's brief in October of 2012, will consider the Solicitor General’s position, along with several “friend of the court” briefs defending the California Armenian Genocide-era life insurance law.
The case has traveled a long and complex legal path, which has included three separate and conflicting opinions from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the most recent on February 23, 2012. That decision struck down the