[danarmak]

I don't know if residents have a special status. But the DOJ appears to claim that Congress could pass a law establishing religion for foreigners, demand other countries extradite all their citizens, and sentence them in the US for not following this law.

[amanaplanacanal]

“Congress shall make no law” seems pretty comprehensive.

[tsimionescu]

The problem is usually with the definition of 'people'. Slaves, for example, did not qualify for a long time. 'People' living outside the country are not generally considered to be covered (see the routine open assassination of people accused of 'terrorism').

[tshaddox]

If we’re following it word by word, “people” doesn’t come up in the first amendment until petition and assembly.