What recent Supreme Court decisions in June 2026 (e.g., on Alien Tort Statute, Helms-Burton Act, or immigration-related cases) have significant policy implications, and what were the key holdings?
Three Supreme Court decisions, all June 23, 2026, each 6-3 on the main holding:
Cisco Systems v. Doe (24-856): Under the Alien Tort Statute, courts may not create new causes of action for international-law violations, so the ATS imposes no aiding-and-abetting liability (Barrett); the Falun Gong suit over Cisco's surveillance tech was dismissed. Separately (8-1), the 1991 Torture Victim Protection Act bars aiding-and-abetting torture suits absent explicit authorization.
Exxon Mobil v. Corporacion CIMEX (24-699): Title III of the Helms-Burton Act (1996) overrides Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act immunity for Cuban state-owned entities (Kavanaugh), reviving Exxon's ~$1 billion confiscation suit.
Blanche v. Lau (25-429): A pending charge of a crime involving moral turpitude lets a border officer treat a returning green-card holder as an applicant for admission, without clear-and-convincing proof (Thomas; Jackson dissenting with Sotomayor and Kagan).
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