Judge Rules FGM Legal in US
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:29 am
A federal judge in Chicago has ruled that the US law against female genital mutilation is unconstitutional, dismissing charges against eight people, including two doctors.
District Judge (((Bernard Friedman))) said “Congress overstepped its bounds” by outlawing the practice known as female circumcision, or cutting. Friedman said it was up to states rather than Congress to regulate the practice.
The ruling dismissed mutilation and conspiracy charges against Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, who performed the surgery, and Dr. Fakhruddin Attar.
https://nypost.com/2018/11/20/ban-on-fe ... nal-judge/
Famed constitutional law scholar and attorney Alan Dershowitz joined the defense team in the nation’s first female genital mutilation case in federal court.
https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/l ... 102378354/
“Alan Morton Dershowitz (born September 1, 1938) is an American lawyer and academic. He began his teaching career at Harvard Law School in 1967…He is Jewish.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Dershowitz
District Judge (((Bernard Friedman))) said “Congress overstepped its bounds” by outlawing the practice known as female circumcision, or cutting. Friedman said it was up to states rather than Congress to regulate the practice.
The ruling dismissed mutilation and conspiracy charges against Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, who performed the surgery, and Dr. Fakhruddin Attar.
https://nypost.com/2018/11/20/ban-on-fe ... nal-judge/
Famed constitutional law scholar and attorney Alan Dershowitz joined the defense team in the nation’s first female genital mutilation case in federal court.
https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/l ... 102378354/
“Alan Morton Dershowitz (born September 1, 1938) is an American lawyer and academic. He began his teaching career at Harvard Law School in 1967…He is Jewish.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Dershowitz