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Surely "subject to the jurisdiction" must mean subject to any jurisdiction, or it is completely meaningless.
by sanderjd 4mo ago
Surely "subject to the jurisdiction" must mean subject to any jurisdiction, or it is completely meaningless.
- rayiner 4mo agoThat’s a plausible meaning but it erases the exceptions for diplomats and Indians that everyone agrees exist.
- sanderjd 4mo agoI don't think it does.
- Breza 3mo agoIf you do crime, can you be arrested by the local police? "I have diplomatic immunity! Also I live on a reservation with their own police force. So no." It's pretty clear that's what the amendment means. The only ambiguous situation I've found is if you're born just inside American waters on your way between foreign countries, but that's a really narrow case.