Re: No Ex Post Facto Laws, No Easy Loss of Citizenship

2003-01-09 Thread Michael Motyka
Tim May [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : First, even non-citizens have court rights now being denied to the concentration camp detainees. (Many of you reading this list are snip The Supreme Court should overrule the Appeals Court and say very simply: This man was and is a citizen. His presence

Re: No Ex Post Facto Laws, No Easy Loss of Citizenship

2003-01-09 Thread Tim May
On Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 09:55 AM, Trei, Peter wrote: While I agree with most of Tim's post, it's not as hard to lose your US citizenship as he makes out. I grew up as a US expatriate in various European countries, including the age period when compulsory military service ... Of

RE: No Ex Post Facto Laws, No Easy Loss of Citizenship

2003-01-09 Thread Trei, Peter
Tim May[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: [...] Second, losing citizenship is not easy. Check Google on loss of citizenship to find precedents, laws, etc. Basically, even serving in a foreign army does not cause loss of citizenship. (Which is symmetric with how we want other

Re: No Ex Post Facto Laws, No Easy Loss of Citizenship

2003-01-09 Thread lcs Mixmaster Remailer
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003 23:07:50 -0800, you wrote: This man was and is a citizen. His presence overseas did not cause him to lose his citizenship. If he faces charges, he faces them in a U.S. court with full access to lawyers, full habeas corpus rights, full rights to face his accusers, and