At a rally outside a federal courthouse in San Francisco on Monday, pro-Palestinian supporters demanded a stop to the war in Gaza while lawyers inside argued for judicial oversight of U.S. foreign policy related to the Israeli invasion.
The three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit considered arguments in the case of Defense for Children International--Palestine v. Joseph R. Biden. Plaintiffs' attorney Katherine Gallagher argued the court should step in to limit U.S. military aid to Israel and that U.S. courts have the power to intervene in foreign policy decisions made by the executive branch."This genocide has been enabled by a massive flow of lethal U.S.
"Outside the courthouse, however, the government's argument fell flat with those rallying to prevent what they call an on-going genocide of the Palestinian people by the Israeli military.Speakers and attendees said they would use any avenue available to them to protest the war - boycott, street demonstrations, or legal action Retired San Francisco teacher Yolanda Catzalco, passed out literature with the headline "What's Happening in Court Today.
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