Speaker. the present Supreme Court has again oVerruled a former Supreme Court and declared another act of the Congress unconstitutional. The Supreme Court has again demeaned U.S. citizenship. IIn Afroyim against Rusk. the petitioner was a naturalized citizen who immigrated to Israel in 1950. acquired Israel citizenship. voted in various political elections including the one for the Israel Knesset. its National Legislature. After 10 years he decided to return to the United States. but his application for a passport was rejected on the basis of his participation in the Knesset election. Deprivation of his U.S. citizenship would not have left him a "stateless person." The Supreme Court on May 29. 1967. held that the Congress has no power to rescind U.S. citizenship. even if a citizen expatriates himself by voting in foreign political elections.
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