Johvanny Aybar-Ulloa v. United States
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Whether Congress's authority to define and punish felonies committed on the high seas is unconstrained by Article I, § 8, cl. 10 to the United States Constitution merely because the vessel is deemed 'stateless'
QUESTIONS PRESENTED L. Whether Congress’s authority to define and punish felonies committed on the high seas is unconstrained by Article I, § 8, cl. 10 to the United States Constitution merely because the vessel is deemed “stateless”, as the en banc Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held, and further, if either that construction of international law is incorrect or Congress’s authority is not so expanded by international law, whether Congress exceeded the limited authority granted under Article I, § 8 cl. 10 when enacting the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act? i