Comments by "The Wicked One" (@thewickedone2676) on "WUSA9"
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@POWER-LINKS The Supreme Court ruled in Afroyim v. Rusk that, by the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the US constitution, a person born or naturalized in the United States cannot be involuntarily deprived of their US citizenship. The Court later clarified in Vance v. Terrazas that even if an individual voluntarily performs an act that, according to statute (see 8 USC §1481), causes automatic loss of US citizenship, the person does not lose US citizenship unless the intent to lose US citizenship is established separately from the voluntary performance of the act itself. Therefore, a US citizen can always choose to retain their US citizenship as long as they intend to retain it, regardless of their actions.
Goes on to say that while naturalized citizens can lose it under very specific circumstances, it has been deemed cruel and inhumane punishment and therefore violates the eighth amendment. Out of 84 UN countries, only 2 use loss of citizenship as a punishment for military desertion, Turkey and Philippines.
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