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Where does the US have jurisdiction? This is a legitimate question. What legal right does the US government have to enforce US laws on a foreigner who isn't in

Where does the US have jurisdiction? This is a legitimate question. What legal right does the US government have to enforce US laws on a foreigner who isn't in the US, for actions taken outside the US and which were not illegal in the country the person resides in? I'd legitimately like to know what sort of legal argument is used to justify this, because it sounds like a massive overreach by the United States. Regardless, arresting the CFO of a major corporation - the daughter of the CEO - in such a manner is an extremely aggressive act.

threezero 7y ago
The US has a reciprocal agreement with Canada. These agreements are the basis for jurisdiction.
- Scoundreller 7y ago
  I always wonder how mutual these agreements are. Probably more like “Sign this agreement or else”.
- DiogenesKynikos 7y ago
  I'm not just asking why Canada is handing over the Huawei CFO. I'm asking how the US has jurisdiction to even prosecute the supposed underlying crime. The connection of any of her actions to the United States is extremely tenuous and indirect. They occurred outside the United States, were legal in the country where they occurred, she doesn't work for an American company, she's not an American, and she wasn't even dealing with an American company. Just imagine what it would be like if every country began applying its domestic law extraterritorially in such an aggressive manner.
locknumber110 7y ago
>Where does the US have jurisdiction? Wherever someone might have a real nice country there. Be a shame if a coup happened to it. It's so easy to have an accidental coup, ain't it? I mean, one day you're electing a populist left-of-center leader who's a bit too much of a "world citizen" if you catch my drift, and the next day you've got a business-friendly provisional government managing the crisis by arranging national asset sales to US companies after some lone-wolf bodyguard puts a bullet into that vaguely-leftist president's head and then "kills himself" while in custody. These things just sometimes happen. Be a shame if that happened to your country.

threezero 7y ago

The US has a reciprocal agreement with Canada. These agreements are the basis for jurisdiction.

Scoundreller 7y ago
I always wonder how mutual these agreements are. Probably more like “Sign this agreement or else”.
DiogenesKynikos 7y ago
I'm not just asking why Canada is handing over the Huawei CFO. I'm asking how the US has jurisdiction to even prosecute the supposed underlying crime. The connection of any of her actions to the United States is extremely tenuous and indirect. They occurred outside the United States, were legal in the country where they occurred, she doesn't work for an American company, she's not an American, and she wasn't even dealing with an American company. Just imagine what it would be like if every country began applying its domestic law extraterritorially in such an aggressive manner.

locknumber110 7y ago

>Where does the US have jurisdiction? Wherever someone might have a real nice country there. Be a shame if a coup happened to it. It's so easy to have an accidental coup, ain't it? I mean, one day you're electing a populist left-of-center leader who's a bit too much of a "world citizen" if you catch my drift, and the next day you've got a business-friendly provisional government managing the crisis by arranging national asset sales to US companies after some lone-wolf bodyguard puts a bullet into that vaguely-leftist president's head and then "kills himself" while in custody. These things just sometimes happen. Be a shame if that happened to your country.