So do state laws also apply in every other state?

Jan 6, 2026 5:00 PM

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the us has been prosecuting people for sex tourism for a while, precedent (in part) for 'we have authority outside our borders'

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We're operating on pirates and emperors rules here, and I say that with heavy distaste

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"Quia Ego Sic Dico" - Lord Vetinari

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the US has never followed internstional law. why? cause they have the bigger guns.

Thats all. NATO and the UN are a joke.

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Nope... Bondi's indictment is complete bullshit... This was all a ploy to remove him from power and force a transition, with the goal of finding a U.S. "friendly" replacement.

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They're vile people doing what they please regardless of the law because no one has the will or the capability to stop them

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This right here is what really bothers me. Like I keep up the bigger headlines in international news, and I haven't seen anyone say or do anything about this unless I missed something.

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It doesn't. The Trump administration is replacing the international laws with the laws of bullying. Steven miller basically said on CNN that the U.S. should take Greenland because nobody will fight us if we just take it.

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They've already got an air force base there :/

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Unfortunately he is probably correct. Worth remembering that Germany conquered several countries before anyone bothered to fight them.

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Hes already decided everyone in this hemisphere is under US control whether they know it or not.

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That is a surprisingly complicated question. Generally speaking a state will choose to have jurisdiction over something happening to its citizens outside of any functional national state (ie international waters). This is done by the state to protect its own citizens.
Some countries may also choose to go after things its own citizens do in other countries even if it's legal or not prosecuted there. This has been done to stop sex tourism.
And then there is cross border crime ....

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As for how it is usually dealt with, well that usually governed between states in their extradition agreement. But kinda irrelevant here since I doubt there is such an agreement between the US and Venezuela.

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Here is a small exercpt from the Danish -US extradition agreement:
"If the offense has been committed outside the territory of the requesting State, extradition shall be granted, subject to the other applicable requirements for extradition, if the laws of the requested State provide for the punishment of an offense committed outside its territory in similar circumstances. If the laws of the requested State do not provide for the punishment of an offense committed outside its territory in ...

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similar circumstances, the executive authority of the requested State, at its discretion, may grant extradition provided that all other applicable requirements for extradition are met." https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/ltc/2010/25 (Article 4)

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