Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1963-02-18

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Mr. Justice Goldberg delivered the opinion of the Court. We are called upon in these two cases to decide the grave and fundamental problem, common to both, of the constitutionality of Acts of Congress which divest an American of his citizenship for “[departing from or remaining outside of the jurisdiction of the United States in time of war or . . . national emergency for the purpose of evading or avoiding trai…

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