The Center for Constitutional Rights in America (CCR) has filed a lawsuit accusing President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin of being 'complicit in the crimes of genocide committed by `Israel` in the Gaza Strip.' On Friday, a federal court in Oakland, California, held a hearing to consider this lawsuit, which Judge Jeffrey White described as the most challenging case for the court.
Legal representatives for Biden, Blinken, Austin, and the Center for Constitutional Rights were present at the hearing session.
Attorneys, activists, and medical professionals from Gaza provided testimonies, elucidating the adversities faced by Palestinians in the Strip.
According to media reports, the plaintiffs emphasized in their pleadings that the current US administration is allegedly contravening the 1948 Genocide Convention by supplying weaponry to the Zionist entity.
Conversely, the defense asserted that the court lacks jurisdiction to adjudicate on this matter.
The Center for Constitutional Rights in the United States, focusing on civil liberties, initiated a civil lawsuit against Biden, Blinken, and Austin last November.
This legal action was taken on behalf of Palestinian organizations, Palestinians in Gaza, and American citizens with relatives in the Strip.
The plaintiffs allege that Biden and his ministers failed to leverage their substantial influence to set conditions or limits on Zionist aggression against Gaza.
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— The CCR (@theCCR) January 26, 2024
While a court in Oakland hearing a case that accuses Biden for aiding genocide in Gaza, pro-Palestine messages painted outside the courtroom! pic.twitter.com/JZyMk0pDsH
— Ashok Swain (@ashoswai) January 26, 2024