The courts of the United States do not evaluate the lawfulness of acts of foreign sovereigns performed within their own territories, even if the foreign commerce of the United States is affected by those acts, because the doctrine forbids them to do so.

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The doctrine referred to in the statement is the act-of-state doctrine, which holds that the courts of one country will not sit in judgment of the acts of the government of another country, performed within its own territory. This means that the courts of the United States cannot evaluate the lawfulness of acts of foreign sovereigns within their own territories, even if the foreign commerce of the United States is affected by those acts, because it would contravene the act-of-state doctrine.

The Courts of the United States Do Not Evaluate the Lawfulness