Carlos Daniel Canario-Vilomar v. United States
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Are Congress's powers under the Define and Punish Clause inherently limited by international law, and does the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act exceed congressional jurisdiction by prosecuting foreign nationals for extraterritorial crimes?
are: 1. Are Congress’s powers under the Define and Punish Clause inherently limited by international law ? 2. Does 46 U.S.C. § 70502(d)(1)(C) of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act exceed Congress’s powers by authorizing the United States to assert jurisdiction over foreign nationals for wholly foreign , extraterritorial crimes, in violation of international law? 3. Does Congress’ s power “[t]o define and punish ... Felonies committed on the high Seas,” authorize the United States to enforce its criminal laws upon foreign nationals for offenses committed inside a foreign nation’s Exclusive Economic Zone ?