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The United States and a Latin American Country Signed a Treaty

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The United States and a Latin American country signed a treaty whereby the United States agreed to assist the Latin American country in controlling drug traffic. The United States, following the treaty, seized 100 square meters of land and bulldozed it, because it was a suspected haven of drug smuggling. The land in question was in Latin America, but belonged to an American citizen. Which of the following is correct?


A) The treaty will supersede any general Constitutional rights because the treaty gave specific authorization for the act.
B) The act was not offensive to the Constitution, because it occurred in Latin America.
C) Constitutional rights apply to people, not to property.
D) Constitutional rights supersede treaties.

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