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I want to make sure I understand your position. Is it your contention Elg took affirmative action to claim her U.S. citizenship by applying for a U.S. passport? And that if she had not done so, she would not be a U.S. citizen?

27 posted on 04/29/2010 11:55:47 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (Integrity, Honesty, Character, & Loyalty still matter)

To: BuckeyeTexan

Read the court ruling here. You decide what it means.

http://supreme.justia.com/us/307/325/case.html

33 posted on 04/29/2010 1:03:18 PM PDT by Cheburashka (Stephen Decatur: you want barrels of gunpowder as tribute, you must expect cannonballs with it.)

To: BuckeyeTexan

“I want to make sure I understand your position. Is it your contention Elg took affirmative action to claim her U.S. citizenship by applying for a U.S. passport? And that if she had not done so, she would not be a U.S. citizen?”

As I read it, if Elg had desired to remain in Sweden, she could have done so. The courts did not have to decide if she would then be a Swedish citizen. If at 40 she applied to come to the US, that would have been a different case.

I don’t know how the court would have ruled then, but I’m guessing they would now rule she would always be able to claim US citizenship if she wanted.

34 posted on 04/29/2010 1:03:23 PM PDT by Mr Rogers

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