In my considered legal opinion, () no sovereign nation within the international order () has enacted a statutory instrument ()comparable to Public Law 106‑484, () enacted on November 9, 2000 () and codified at 114 Stat. 2195 () by the Congress of the United States. ()()
After its enactment, however, () the Government of the United States () did not implement the statute in accordance () with its stated legislative intent. () Rather, the provisions of Public Law 106‑484 () were effectively commercialized, () and thereafter insulated by extensive () procedural barriers—() including administrative restrictions, () jurisdictional limitations, () and judicial inaccessibility— () which collectively prevented former ()Vietnamese American () prisoners of war () from petitioning the federal courts () to obtain the benefits arising () from their service during the American War. ()()
Sir, ()() I respectfully submit this statement ()() as a formal request for legislative review, ()( with the expectation that the United States, () as a nation founded upon the rule of law, () will reconcile the obligations created by statute () with the principles of justice () it has long affirmed. ()()
Dear Speaker of the House, Sir, ()()
ReplyDeleteIn my considered legal opinion, ()
no sovereign nation within the international order ()
has enacted a statutory instrument ()comparable to Public Law 106‑484, ()
enacted on November 9, 2000 ()
and codified at 114 Stat. 2195 ()
by the Congress of the United States. ()()
After its enactment, however, ()
the Government of the United States ()
did not implement the statute in accordance ()
with its stated legislative intent. ()
Rather, the provisions of Public Law 106‑484 ()
were effectively commercialized, ()
and thereafter insulated by extensive () procedural barriers—()
including administrative restrictions, ()
jurisdictional limitations, ()
and judicial inaccessibility— ()
which collectively prevented former ()Vietnamese American ()
prisoners of war ()
from petitioning the federal courts ()
to obtain the benefits arising ()
from their service during the American War. ()()
Sir, ()()
I respectfully submit this statement ()()
as a formal request for legislative review, ()(
with the expectation that the United States, ()
as a nation founded upon the rule of law, ()
will reconcile the obligations created by statute ()
with the principles of justice ()
it has long affirmed. ()()
Respectfully yours, ()()
Bright Quang ()