Paulino Vasquez-Rijo v. United States
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Whether MDLEA §70502(d)(1)(C) is Unconstitutional
QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW This case raises two matters of constitutional and jurisdictional importance concerning the Felonies Clause of the United States Constitution, Article I, §8, cl. 10, and the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (““MDLEA”), 46 U.S.C. §70501, et. seq. These questions are federal matters of exceptional importance which this Court should resolve for their uniform treatment and application in the lower courts. These questions are: 1. Whether MDLEA §70502(d)(1)(C) is Unconstitutional Because Its Definition of “a Vessel Without Nationality,” Provides for Foreign Vessels to Be Deemed Stateless Vessels for Purposes of Jurisdiction, Contrary to the Requirements of the Felonies Clause and Its Incorporated Customary Principles of International Law. 2. Whether the MDLEA is Unconstitutional as Applied to Vessels Within a Foreign Nation’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Because the EEZ Does Not Constitute the “high Seas” Within the Meaning of the Felonies Clause and Its Incorporated Customary Principles of International Law. i INTERESTED