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In reply to the discussion: Notice to the 99%: You are ALL eminently disposable. The 'drone white paper' [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)Otherwise, we'd have to guarantee due process rights in other countries.
The theory here is that the Constitution's due process rights apply to citizens outside US jurisdiction.
If that was true, we'd have to do something to rescue a US citizen arrested in France - France has no equivalent to our 5th amendment right against self-incrimination. Since our citizens are supposed to have that right, we'd have to do something to protect them.
In order to affect the change people want - stopping the drone strike assassinations - we can't pretend that there's a violation of rights. Because those rights don't extend beyond US jurisdiction. A different tactic is needed, which is to reign in the Executive branch's near-absolute power in foreign affairs via an amendment to the Constitution or via Congress's power of the purse.