By voting the way (Mike Thompson) did to supply Israel with money and weapons, he has made me complicit in the killing of my own people and the destruction of my homeland, said plaintiff Tarik Sharif Kanaana in a news conference Thursday, speaking in front of of a banner proclaiming "NO TAXES FOR GENOCIDE."
Plaintiffs' constitutional rights to have their taxes collected for only lawful purposes have been and continue to be violated by defendants' votes to use plaintiffs' taxes for the unlawful purpose of being complicit in genocide, the complaint said.
Dean Royer, lead attorney on the case with Szeto-Wong Law, stated that the firm is presenting this case under the Ninth Amendment of the Constitution, which protects rights that are not otherwise mentioned.
The lawsuit alleges the April vote violated the Leahy Law, provisions of which prohibit the U.S. Government from using funds assisting foreign forces where there is credible information implicating that unit in the commission of gross violations of human rights.
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