[metmom]

The solicitor general's office, which defends the position of President Barack Obama's administration before the Supreme Court, said the Ninth Circuit improperly found the case to be an exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, a 1976 federal law that sets limits on when other countries can face lawsuits in US courts.

What's interesting is this line of reasoning.

Are Catholic priests no longer citizens of this country? Are they required to give up their citizenship upon entering the priesthood, thereby making them exempt from prosecution for crimes violating US law against US citizens committed on US soil?

[Alex Murphy]

Are Catholic priests no longer citizens of this country? Are they required to give up their citizenship upon entering the priesthood, thereby making them exempt from prosecution for crimes violating US law against US citizens committed on US soil?

Do (and should) Catholic churches on American soil be considered to be embassies of a foreign nation?

What is the legal/moral difference between:

• a "foreign national" seeking asylum within embassy walls, in an effort to avoid prosecution by the host country, and
• an officer/agent of said foreign nation seeking "diplomatic immunity" from prosecution after committing felonies against the host country - and still being put forth by the foreign nation as their authorized representative within the host country?

[Gamecock]

***Are Catholic priests no longer citizens of this country? Are they required to give up their citizenship upon entering the priesthood, thereby making them exempt from prosecution for crimes violating US law against US citizens committed on US soil?***

Certainly helps to explain the Roman Catholic fascination with legitimizing illegal aliens now, doesn’t it?