universal-jurisdiction

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-6971 Steven Antonius, aka Sealed Defendant 1, Shervington Lovell, aka Sealed Defendant 1, and Argemiro Zapata-Castro, aka Sealed Defendant 1 v. United States Second Circuit 2024-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-i-section-8-clause-10 criminal-prosecution due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction fifth-amendment-due-process maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act originalism protective-principle universal-jurisdiction Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act expands federal criminal jurisdiction beyond what was permitted at the Constitution's ratification and i…
20-7910 Johvanny Aybar-Ulloa v. United States First Circuit 2021-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-i-section-8-clause-10 congress-authority congressional-authority constitutional-interpretation felony-jurisdiction high-seas international-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law statelessness universal-jurisdiction vessel-status 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 …