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godelski 3 hours ago

  > not a US citizen ***on US soil*** US law does not apply.
1) these strikes are happening in international waters

2) US law definitely applies to non citizens on US soil.

Like that's such a ridiculous statement. Even if the law was "we can do whatever if you're not a citizen", that's still law...

You think non citizens are all sovereign citizens bound to no law? To be able to do whatever they want? I didn't know my neighbor was a diplomat.

I think you mean rights. Which this is much more dubious. The constitution definitely interchanges the use of "citizens" and "people". Notably the 11th amendment uses citizens, specifying belonging to states foreign or domestic. It was ratified only a few years after the Bill of rights, so not like a drastic language change happened.

There are people who will argue "the people" means "citizens" but I find that a difficult interpretation if you read the constitution or federalist papers.

nerdsniper 3 hours ago | parent [-]

3) quite a few US laws apply to US citizens on non-US soil (paying domestic taxes on foreign income)

4) US law applies to non-US citizens who have never set foot in the USA (Kim Dotcom)