Supreme Court Protects Corporate Impunity: Gutting the Alien Tort Statute

Art of Citizenry · Sep 3, 2026 · 54m

For much of U.S. history, people harmed abroad by American corporations have had few meaningful pathways into U.S. courts. Wage theft, child labor, trafficking, land grabbing, union busting – corporate impunity has long been insulated by the complexity of global supply chains. Even when the company was headquartered in the U.S., profited in the U.S., or made decisions in the U.S., the law often treated the harm as too distant, too foreign, or too complicated.

In this episode of Art of Citizenry, host Manpreet Kaur Kalra speaks with Charity Ryerson, Executive Director and Founder of Corporate…