5th amendment

[DDT951]

I'm not for abortion, but...

For a state which forbids an activity to prohibit you from traveling to a place where said activity is legal, is an abuse of legislative authority and surely would not hold up in court.

As to the topic of this thread, the 5th Amendment is for individuals, not "state" entities. Governmental bodies have all sorts of protections from individuals and other governmental entities.

How do you feel about people being charged with crimes by the US Government for actions committed outside the USA which may not be illegal in the foreign country?

How do you feel about the USA having laws, and enforcing them, about US Citizens going to foreign countries to commit crimes in the USA and not necessarily illegal in foreign countries? An example is the USA charges people with crimes for going to foreign countries to engage in the use of (normally under 18) prostitutes?

Just a simple example of the USA charging people for traveling to commit what they USA see as a crime.

[def90]

How do you feel about people being charged with crimes by the US Government for actions committed outside the USA which may not be illegal in the foreign country?

How do you feel about the USA having laws, and enforcing them, about US Citizens going to foreign countries to commit crimes in the USA and not necessarily illegal in foreign countries? An example is the USA charges people with crimes for going to foreign countries to engage in the use of (normally under 18) prostitutes?

Just a simple example of the USA charging people for traveling to commit what they USA see as a crime.

Yeah that is a problem, however the underage prostitute thing I believe is an agreement or treaty between the two countries involved and not just the US randomly going after people in other countries

[DDT951]

Yeah that is a problem, however the underage prostitute thing I believe is an agreement or treaty between the two countries involved and not just the US randomly going after people in other countries

https://www.justice.gov/criminal-ceo...ation-children

“ Federal law provides “extraterritorial jurisdiction” over certain sex offenses against children. Extraterritorial jurisdiction is the legal authority of the United States to prosecute criminal conduct that took place outside its borders.”


I am not commenting on right or wrong or morality of the situation.

Just pointing out it seems legal to have “extraterritorial jurisdiction”.

If the feds can have it, why not the states?