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Clarence Thomas: “If you prevail, is there a limiting principle to whom you can as to whom you can sue?”

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If you prevail, is there a limiting principle to whom you can as to whom you can sue? There are a number. So there is the constitutional limitations on choice of law, which require a sufficient nexus between the state whose law is to be applied and the conduct at issue. (00:00–00:08)

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Questions the existence of a limiting principle on who can be sued.

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