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Parent | Motion to Dismiss on Behalf of all Defendants |
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Date | June 1946 |
Language | English |
Collection | Tavenner Papers & IMTFE Official Records |
Box | Box 3 |
Folder | General Reports and Memoranda from June 1946 |
Repository | University of Virginia Law Library |
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL FOR THE FAR EAST
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.
vs
ARAKI, Sadao, et al
Defendants
AMENDMENT TO MOTION TO DISMISS ON BEHALF OF
ALL DEFENDANTS DEALING WITH THE JURISDITION
OF THE TRIBUNAL
Add the following sentence at the end of paragraph 4 of said motion:
The amended Charter of 26 April 1946 is repugnant to and in violation of Article 1, Section 9, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States which provides that “No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed,” and of Article 1, Section 8, Clause 10 of the Constitution of the United States which provides the Congress shall have sole power “To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations.”
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