Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe · ¶38

Though one is enough, there is another “sound reason” staying the judiciary’s hand. Our post-Sosa cases have stressed that if Congress has created “an alternative remedial structure,” then “that alone” precludes the creation of a cause of action. Ziglar, 582 U. S., at 137 (emphasis added); see also Egbert, 596 U. S., at 493. Such a structure exists here: the TVPA, which creates an express cause of action under the ATS. Sosa acknowledged that Congress had limited the TVPA “to specific subject matter” and had taken no subsequent action to expand the covered conduct. 542 U. S., at 728. Again, for Sosa, this was reason to slow down, ibid.; under our current precedent, it is reason to stop.

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