What about the other provisions of the First Amendment, such as: free speech, freedom to practice any religion, or freedom to assemble?
This is what I want to know: Are American journalists proteced by our Constitution when NOT on American soil?
If a reporter is in Iraq or Afghanistan, for instance, does the First Amendment apply, or does military law or the home nation's law (Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc.) apply?
2007-03-10 06:30:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Our laws only apply on our soil.
2007-03-10 06:36:17 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I should think that (for the most part) US laws apply on US soil. So when you are on a US base overseas, you are on US soil, in a manner of speaking, but military law prevails. When you are overseas - but not on a military base then THAT country's laws apply first and foremost. (Of course if you are on US Embassy grounds, then you are, again, on US soil).
2007-03-10 06:37:52 · answer #2 · answered by robert43041 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-01 19:18:11 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically by law, if you are on the grounds of a US Embassy or Consulate anywhere in the World, you are on US Soil
2007-03-10 06:36:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because we go to Iraq doesn't mean that we have to be like Saddam. I thought the fight there is for freedom.
2007-03-10 06:42:19 · answer #5 · answered by Jose R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No only in America do America's Laws apply
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2007-03-10 06:34:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are not on US soil...Embassy or other...the law of the land they are in applies....
2007-03-10 06:37:46 · answer #7 · answered by Real Estate Para Legal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋