GAHT contests the City of Glendale firstly in the Federale Court and later in the Court of California too.
GAHT seeks injunctive and declaratory relief relating to the presence of a monument
authorized by the city of Glendale and condemning the nation of Japan for its involvement
with and treatment of what have come to be known as “comfort women.”
The monument is located on public land in a publicly owned park in Glendale known as Central Park.
GAHT seeks this relief on the grounds that the Public Monument exceeds the power of Glendale,
infringes upon the federal government’s power to exclusively conduct the foreign affairs
of the United States, and violates the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
GAHT also insists that the Public Monument threatens to negatively affect U.S. foreign relations with Japan,
one of this nation's most important allies, and is inconsistent with the foreign policy of the United States.
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