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Nothing can override a constitutional right to due process. That's what it means for the Constitution to be the "supreme law of the land."

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The constitution only applies to American citizens and to a lesser extent others living physically within the US and its territories.

There is a bunch of material on this topic (both on illegals in the US and US territories) but as a start:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insular_Cases http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downes_v._Bidwell

Essentially even if you're in a US territory the US constitution only barely applies, and it doesn't apply at all to everyone not in either a US state or its territories.

The issue is that this EO can directly affect citizens (if you transact with a cyber-criminal, you're at risk of seizure)

Since we don't follow the Constitution 95% of the time anyway, who cares about another violation?

Please provide a source for this completely hyperbolic statement.

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