ONE VOTE AWAYJustice Kennedy speaks plainly in his decision on detaineeshttp://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/14/103010/914Even when the United States acts outside its borders, its powers are not "absolute and unlimited" but are subject "to such restrictions as are expressed in the Constitution." Murphy v. Ramsey, 114 U. S. 15, 44 (1885). Abstaining from questions involving formal sovereignty