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You think the US Constitution of the United States* of America restricts what the US can do to non-citizens who aren't in the US at all? What possible reason c
by gowld 5y ago
You think the US Constitution of the United States* of America restricts what the US can do to non-citizens who aren't in the US at all?
What possible reason could you have for that thought?
Precedent is that protections like that are created by treaties like the Geneva Convention.
- dredmorbius 5y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27155570 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27155570
- TechBro8615 5y agoThe question isn’t about whether the constitution restricts non-citizens, but about whether it protects them by preserving their rights. In fact I’m not sure the constitution restricts any entity other than the government. It’s laws that restrict people. And laws apply to everyone, assuming jurisdiction can be established, or extradition will be enforced. I can’t murder someone in Japan just because I’m a non-citizen there. But I could break US law by doing something not-illegal in Russia, and they probably wouldn’t extradite me.