High Court urged to limit reach of Alien Tort Statute.

In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal (2/28, Subscription Publication), David B. Rivkin and Lee A. Casey, who served in the Justice Department under Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush, argue that the Supreme Court should rule against corporate liability in two cases involving the Alien Tort Statute. Noting that the court is scheduled to hear arguments today in two cases involving the statute, Rivkin and Casey write that the law is being used in ways that far exceed its original intent.