But because champions of American interests too often ignore rather than challenge their assertions, otherwise legally insupportable, politically charged policy declarations are coming to define the parameters of legal thought in the minds of America's citizens.
So I am absolutely committed to working with you on these issues, but it can't just be political assertions that aren't substantiated when it comes to the actual details of policy.
Noting that assertions of jurisdiction by American courts over events that occur in a another country could have negative foreign policy ramifications for the United States, the Court said that any decision to permit such suits should be made by Congress explicitly, not by the courts.