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Expatriation Act of 1868

A law that repudiated the doctrine of perpetual allegiance and allowed citizens to renounce their citizenship.

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Jan 23, 2026
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What Supreme Court precedent governs loss of U.S. citizenship and how would S.3283 interact with Afroyim v. Rusk and Vance v. Terrazas?

’s twin precedents governing loss of citizenship are , which forbids involuntary revocation of citizenship under the , and , which layered onto Afroyim the requirement that a citizen intend to relinqu...

Jan 23, 2026

Are there documented cases of U.S. deportations tied to political repression targeting white citizens or residents?

There are well‑documented instances in history where deportation and removal were used for , but the evidence in the provided reporting shows those campaigns overwhelmingly targeted non‑citizens and r...

Jan 11, 2026

is immigration enforcement a relatively recent phenomena?

Immigration enforcement in the United States is emphatically not a recent phenomenon: federal regulation and exclusionary practices date to the earliest years of the republic and were formalized throu...

Jan 8, 2026

What legal or policy barriers prevent insurrection participants from federal employment?

Federal law and the Constitution create multiple, overlapping barriers that can prevent someone who participated in an insurrection from holding federal office or being employed by the federal governm...

Jan 6, 2026

How have courts-martial and military tribunals interpreted ‘manifestly illegal’ orders?

Courts-martial and military tribunals have settled on a dual obligation: service members must obey lawful orders but must refuse orders that are so clearly illegal that “a man of ordinary sense and un...

Jan 6, 2026

What historical laws targeted dual nationals and what were their outcomes?

A sequence of national laws and bilateral treaties from the late 19th through the mid-20th century deliberately targeted dual nationals by creating mechanisms for forced expatriation, renunciation, or...