The Supreme Court today affirmed, by a 7-2 vote, a judgment originally from Judge Forrest (see our coverage here) concluding that a law pertaining to the seizure of Iranian assets was not, as the defendants contended, effectively a direction to decide a single pending case in one side’s favor, in violation of the
Separation of Powers
Supreme Court Grants Cert in SDNY Case Concerning Seizure of Iranian Assets and Separation of Powers
By Charles Michael on
The Supreme Court yesterday granted certiorari in a case raising the question of whether Congress’ passage of a law pertaining to the seizure of Iranian assets violated separation-of-powers principles by effectively directing a particular result in a single Southern District case. Judge Forrest cited the law in ordering the seizure of $1.75 billion in Iranian…