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Question: i am a german and i am researching all about the situation with gov and law in the USA. i am married to an american woman and we have a wonderful son. i am traveling back and forth between berlin and montana. so please could you explain how all this comes down on me if i use the same methods in dealing with cops in the usa. do i as a tourist have to ID to a cop? can they demand it from me even i didnt do anything wrong?
Answer: While I am not an expert, here’s my take:
- I would say the union/federal agencies do not have jurisdiction if thou is on state land. I don’t expect union/federal agents can ask thou for ID-entity. They are operating under the presumption that all state land is federal territory, but since that misconception is rampant, one may have to rebut it.
- The state peace officers may be able to ask thou for papers since thou is not a state national. I would presume they would have to prove they thought thou was not a state national. A suspicion of crime may not be necessary, which is the case with state nationals.
- I’m not surprised Germany is not really a nation-state, but instead a collection of nation-states. Each state likely has nationals, just like Florida or Ohio. There are more nation-states than we are led to believe!
- Is thou trying to be naturalized as a Montanan?
- I would also browse the articles on SupremeLawLibrary such as these by Richard MacDonald.
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