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Can Congress Denationalize? The Supreme Court's View In Kennedy V. Mendoza-Martinez, Ralph J. Rohner, Jean J. Provost Jr.
Can Congress Denationalize? The Supreme Court's View In Kennedy V. Mendoza-Martinez, Ralph J. Rohner, Jean J. Provost Jr.
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In an age when perhaps the foremost concern of the legal profession is the status and protection of the rights of individuals, the few decided cases on the right to citizenship-the most basic of all rights, the "right to have rights"- are of special significance. Since 1950, but prior to this Term, only two Supreme Court cases directly confronted the constitutional questions inherent in an assertion by Congress of the right to separate a person from his nationality. These cases, decided on the same day in 1957, were scarcely reconcilable with each other; now, in 1963, the Supreme Court has …