Legal Opinion
United States v. Yimmi Bellaizac-Hurtado
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 6, 2012No. 11-14049, 11-14227, 11-14310 and 11-14311PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents a novel issue about the scope of congressional power to proscribe conduct abroad: whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 70503(a), 70506, exceeds the power of Congress to “define and punish ... Offences against the Law of Nations,” U.S. Const. Art. I, § 8, cl. 10, as applied to the drug-trafficking activities of Yimmi Bellaizac-Hurtado, Pedro Felipe Angulo-Rodallega, Albeiro Gonzalez-Valois, and Luis Carlos Riascos-Hurtado in the territorial waters of Panama. Because we conclude that drug trafficking is not an “Of-fence[ ] against…
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