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I believe the Supreme Court has found a right to renounce citizenship, but they haven't yet found a right to do so for free. Maybe someone can plead for a pover
by jkaplowitz 8y ago
I believe the Supreme Court has found a right to renounce citizenship, but they haven't yet found a right to do so for free. Maybe someone can plead for a poverty exception on constitutional grounds, but that wouldn't waive the fee for people who can afford it but find it offensive.
- eesmith 8y agoFWIW, from Mackenzie v. Hare, 239 U.S. 299 (1915) at https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/239/299/ https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/239/299/ : > Citizenship is of tangible worth, but the possessor thereof may voluntarily renounce it even though Congress may not be able to arbitrarily impose such renunciation. On a tangent, it used to be very easy to give up citizenship. That same link says: > Marriage of an American woman with a foreigner is tantamount to voluntary expatriation, and Congress may, without exceeding its powers, make it so, as it has in fact done, by the Act of March 2, 1907. For example, from https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/338/491/ https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/338/491/ : > Held: she expatriated herself under the laws of the United States by her naturalization as an Italian citizen followed by her residence abroad or from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perez_v._Brownell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perez_v._Brownell , "the Supreme Court upheld an act of Congress which provided for revocation of citizenship as a consequence of voting in a foreign election. The precedent was repudiated nine years later in Afroyim v. Rusk". See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afroyim_v._Rusk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afroyim_v._Rusk .