Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe · ¶80

First, Cisco and the United States argue that an aidingand-abetting theory of liability can never satisfy Sosa’s second step because such liability will always endanger foreign-policy concerns. Those concerns, however, are best addressed on a case-by-case basis, rather than a categorical one. See Sosa, 542 U. S., at 733, n. 21 (discussing possibility of “case-specific deference to the political branches”).

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