FARRIS, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C. app. §§ 1901-1903, can be applied, consistent with due process, to defendants apprehended aboard a "stateless" vessel on the high seas when there is no nexus between the defendants and the United States.
I. BACKGROUND
This is an appeal from the district court's order granting a defense motion to dismiss. We accept the facts alleged by the government...
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