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Also, not many know, but Eugene Volokh had actually started out as a computer scientist and later switched to law.
I highly recommend the incredibly articulate amicus brief he has written.
Volokh Conspiracy has more citations in court (citations meaning people using his work and citing him as a reference, not him getting in trouble with the law) than some top legal journals. If you read Volokh Conspiracy, you're often getting real legal opinions that can often float around the Supreme Court. Volokh et al. are very solid legal scholars and incredible people who have helped a lot of people better understand the law and dedicate their work to be publicly available for the layperson to understand. A true treasure and worthwhile reading for anyone with even a cursory interest in law or politics.
Absolutely agree with that.
@Stefan Payne - I have an alternate take on this
As the law is written currently, the US cannot draft a woman for military duty, either. Does that mean women are no longer citizens?
there is a very simple legal challenge to the selective service act thanks to obama
There is nothing in the Constitution that would preclude the drafting of anyone within our borders
could be overturned in a week or two
We could draft illegal aliens if we wanted to
#draftourdaughters
Not sure if we would want to, but nothing in the Constitution stops us
why not?
why wouldn't you want to give these women the same responsibilities as men?
Illegal aliens are under the jurisdiction of our laws. Anyone *except a foreign national on diplomatic duty and therefore given diplomatic immunity* is under our laws while they are here
That's the reason why the children of diplomats born here are not considered citizens - because they have diplomatic immunity
i would guess that their home countries with outstanding tax debts would claim differently.
As far as women and the selective service, I honestly believe we need to decide to either include women or ditch the law as it current stands. I have more thoughts on the development of "a well regulated militia" as described in the Second Amendment, but that would be a complicated debate and one I have not the time for right now.
If women want equality, they should want it in all things, that means being drafted to die in wars
but they don't want that, they want men to continue to die for them
if i owe the feds 50k in back taxes and scupper off to thailand, they aren't going to say i'm no longer subject to US law because i am not physically present.
with respect to selective service, i expect that lots and lots of erstwhile feminists would suddenly feel a traditionalist twinge if they were handed draft cards
Atkins, you can be subject to the laws of multiple nations at the same time
the 'subject to the jurisdiction thereof' was a reference to indian tribes that hadn't yet been subjugated at the time of ratification.
At least three nations easily. A Japanese born in Canada visiting the US would be under three different jurisdictions at the same time
of course they would, they aren't chanting for equality in selective service
i disagree that you can be subject to the laws of multiple nations
or many of the other things that favor them
i certainly disagree that you can be expected to pay income taxes to multiple nations
If I am the example you give, if i visit Thailand I am still under US law related to things like taxes and raping a minor but if i deal drugs Thailand will still execute me.
if i am a legal pakistani immigrant to the United States and say "fuck mohammed", i am not subject to execution for blasphemy
But people ARE expected to pay income taxes to multiple nations
If as a US expatriate I live in the EU and make enough money, I pay taxes to both the US *and* the country I work in
if i'm in thailand and the US wants back taxes they can suck a dick. they ain't getting them. they do not have jurisdiction.
Actually, they do
if you ever came back to US you'd prolly have to pay your taxes
in practical terms, no.
but if you stayed out the country you'd get away with it
I almost took a job internationally and the US absolutely does claim taxes on foreign income
if you ever came back. then you would be subject to the jurisdiction of the US. the jurisdiction of the US does not extend to thailand.