The argument is going nowhere. Noriega was the head of state of Panama. His attorneys unsuccessfully argued the point at the district court level and later at the appellate level.
Napoleon had the right instincts: Louis XVII simply should have said, "you have no jurisdiction over me" and declined to play their game.
The argument is going nowhere. Noriega was the head of state of Panama. His attorneys unsuccessfully argued the point at the district court level and later at the appellate level.
Napoleon had the right instincts: Louis XVII simply should have said, "you have no jurisdiction over me" and declined to play their game.
The only way to win is not to play the game.