@Nonilex #SCOTUS aligns with the #GOP on the #BoyScouts of #America settlement over #SexualAbuse. 🤔

Note: G.O.P. now stands for Guardians Of #Pedophiles.

Lower courts, including the 3rd US Circuit Court Appeals, upheld the settlement agreement. The Lujan claimants appealed to #SCOTUS in October. SCOTUS in early 2024 rejected an emergency appeal from the same group of survivors.

Though SCOTUS did not explain its reasoning, the decision leaves in a place an appeals court decision that found that the way the #BoyScouts deal was structured largely #shielded it from review by appellate courts.

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Critics of such arrangements say courts are generally not authorized to block such lawsuits. Supporters say that without protections for third-party groups, major bankruptcy deals like the ones for #Purdue & the #BoyScouts would never take effect.

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In the #BoyScouts case, some of the survivors want to be able to sue independent councils that ran local scouting programs & third-party organizations, such as churches & civic groups, that supported the programs. Those third-party groups contributed billions of dollars to a #settlement trust for survivors &, under the agreement, are #shielded from future #civil #lawsuits.

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The group of survivors – 75 people out of >82k who filed claims against the #BoyScouts – argued that #SCOTUS should have reopened the settlement in light of its decision last year in a similar legal dispute in involving #PurduePharma, the maker of the #opioid pain mediciation #OxyContin. In that case, a 5-4 majority rejected a bankruptcy agreement that would have shielded the #Sackler family from future lawsuits even though it made its fortune running the company.

#law #rape #pedophilia #BSA

Lower courts, including the 3rd US Circuit Court Appeals, upheld the settlement agreement. The Lujan claimants appealed to #SCOTUS in October. SCOTUS in early 2024 rejected an emergency appeal from the same group of survivors.

Though SCOTUS did not explain its reasoning, the decision leaves in a place an appeals court decision that found that the way the #BoyScouts deal was structured largely #shielded it from review by appellate courts.

#law #rape #ChildSexCrimes #SexAbuse #pedophilia #BSA

Critics of such arrangements say courts are generally not authorized to block such lawsuits. Supporters say that without protections for third-party groups, major bankruptcy deals like the ones for #Purdue & the #BoyScouts would never take effect.

#SCOTUS #law #rape #ChildSexCrimes #SexAbuse #pedophilia #BSA

In the #BoyScouts case, some of the survivors want to be able to sue independent councils that ran local scouting programs & third-party organizations, such as churches & civic groups, that supported the programs. Those third-party groups contributed billions of dollars to a #settlement trust for survivors &, under the agreement, are #shielded from future #civil #lawsuits.

#SCOTUS #law #rape #ChildSexCrimes #SexAbuse #pedophilia #BSA