re: #80 StillAMarine

Then there is the issue concerning possible claims that they could not get a fair trial in New York. Change of venue?

The defendants could and most likely would attempt to change venue, but the court may rule against it because there is no other jurisdiction in the nation that hasn’t heard of it and with a sufficiently large jury pool you could find those who might at least pass voir dire and claim that they’re not prejudiced against the defendants.

I don’t see a venue change from NY working. SDNY has operated quite a few high profile terror trials, so it is a fitting jurisdiction. The problem is that they should never have gotten these trials in the first instance - the tribunals were more than sufficient to the task, and now that some are getting trials, we’ll get more suits to demand trials for their clients - pushing the whole matter into civilian courts.