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However, this definition of "person" requires them to be subject to US law (typically by residing in the US) which foreign residents of a foreign country are no
by ewoodrich 13y ago
However, this definition of "person" requires them to be subject to US law (typically by residing in the US) which foreign residents of a foreign country are not.
That is part of the reason we have a detention facility at Guantanemo.
- PavlovsCat 13y agoIt is not sufficient that the person acting on someone else is subject to US law? That seems kinda broken. Do you have a link that elaborates on this? From the 14th Amendment for example: > No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Note how it mentions citizens, any person, and persons within the jurisdiction as three separate things... ?