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Sassounian: How to Counter Appeals Court Ruling Against Insurance Claims
The federal Court of Appeals issued a shocking decision last week. In a unanimous ruling, it struck down a California law that had allowed heirs of Armenian Genocide victims to sue life insurance companies for unpaid claims.
Acknowledging its reliance on the "rarely invoked doctrine" of "field preemption," the court judged the state law to be unconstitutional, claiming it i
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Another interesting and encouraging call by Harut Sassounian.
As we can see; while there is not an immediate answer to how to surpass the US intricate federal/state legislative systems (in many circumstances contradicting themselves from state to state and case to case), but there is still ample room within US’s federal and state independent judicial systems to move; needing proper prior attention and preparation aimed to pave the way for such and future claims.
However, I’m still wondering why we’re so keen to solve all our problems through the US denialist federal &/or state incapacitated legislative systems!
If Armenian Diaspora activities were equally distributed all over the Europe and Americas; we would have already more countries, governments and judicial systems supporting our cause and claims!
By keeping in mind that the Armenian Diaspora in the US constitutes a powerful force to cause more tremor in Turkish governments denial policy than Armenia herself, it is essential for the same US Diaspora organizations to widen their activities and scope of works through their own subsidiaries and branches and/or community representatives located in all other countries, and help to engineer and canvass a unified action plan for upcoming stages of our struggle.