Supreme Court To Hear Birthright Citizenship Case

Project USA, Time-Out Project, Issue 180: February 17, 2004 ^ | February 17, 2004 | Project USA email alert

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Congress could change the law on how citizenship of naturalized citizens gets revoked.

But Hamdi was never naturalized. He's a "born" citizen.

It seems to me that the law of naturalization isn't what's at issue here, since that refers to prospective citizens only. Rather, it's the law of jurisdiction - whether Hamdi's "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States. Since you're saying he is a citizen, then he must be subject to our jurisdiction, and I would think would always be until he makes an official declaration renouncing it.