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Vance v. Terrazas

A Supreme Court case that confirmed the core point of Afroyim v. Rusk and left open disputes over evidentiary standards.

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Jan 30, 2026
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What do the Supreme Court precedents Afroyim v. Rusk and Vance v. Terrazas say about Congress's power to revoke citizenship?

established that the Fourteenth Amendment protects citizens from involuntary divestiture of citizenship and rejected ’s power to strip citizenship absent the individual's assent . confirmed Afroyim’s ...

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...