of the United States ... to possess with intent to manufacture or distribute, a controlled substance.” 46 U.S.C. app. § 1903(a). The MDLEA was specifically enacted to punish drug trafficking on the high seas, “because drug trafficking aboard vessels (1) ‘is a serious international problem and is universally condemned,’ and (2) ‘presents a specific threat to the security and societal well-being of the United States.’ ” United States v. Rendon, 354 F.3d 1320, 1325 n. 2 (11th Cir.2003) (citation omitted). Moreover, “this circuit and other circuits have not embellished the MDLEA with [the requirement of] a nexus [between a defendant’s criminal conduct and the United States].” Rendon, 354 F.3d at 1325; see also United States v. Moreno-Morillo, 334 F.3d 819, 824-25 (9th Cir.2003) (<HOLDING>); United States v. Ledesma-Cuesta, 347 F.3d
holding that congress acted within constitutionally conferred authority in enacting mdlea holding that in enacting title vii congress abrogated eleventh amendment immunity holding generally that congress validly abrogated state immunity in enacting title vii holding that congress properly acted within the scope of the piracies and felonies clause in enacting the mdlea holding congress did not exceed its authority in enacting the mdlea