Denaturalization goes through civil courts and requires only “Clear and convincing evidence” which is a lower standard than “Beyond reasonable doubt”

Excerpt from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_nationality_law#Loss_of_nationality

The process of denaturalization is a legal procedure which results in nullifying nationality. Based upon the 1943 Supreme Court decision of Schneiderman v. United States, clear and convincing evidence must be evaluated in processing a denaturalization action. United States Attorneys for the district in which a defendant resides bring suit in the jurisdiction’s Federal District Court. Juries are typically not present and the defendant may be compelled to testify. Failure to testify may result in a presumption of guilt, though defendants can plead against self-incrimination. The standard of proof is not reasonable doubt, but rather clear, convincing, and unequivocal evidence. Decisions may be appealed in federal appellate courts and the Supreme Court. Once the legal process has concluded, the Department of State issues a Certificate of Loss of Nationality.

Standards of Proof in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(law)#Clear_and_convincing_evidence

Excerpt:

Clear and convincing proof means that the evidence presented by a party during the trial must be highly and substantially more probable to be true than not and the trier of fact must have a firm belief or conviction in its factuality. In this standard, a greater degree of believability must be met than the common standard of proof in civil actions (i.e. preponderance of the evidence), which only requires that the facts as a threshold be more likely than not to prove the issue for which they are asserted.

Why YSK: If you are a naturalized US citizen, you might want to reconsider if you want to protest and ending up being another Mahmoud Khalil. (Not saying to not protest, just informing you of the risks so you can decide for youself if its worth it or not).

And if you aren’t a naturalized US citizen; Why YSK: So you understand that the risks of protesting is higher than the risks of natural-born US Citizens protesting, so I hope you don’t judge them too harshly for not protesting.

  • Sibilantjoe@lemmy.world
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    You should probably include the actual grounds for denaturalization in your post, not just the standard of proof:

    the Nationality Act retained as possible causes of denaturalization, treason, sedition, or conspiring against the United States; employment as an official with policy-making authority of a foreign government; and voluntary renunciation…Fraud, committed in conjunction with an application for naturalization can also make nationality voidable.

      • flippinfreebird@lemmy.today
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        I don’t think they can do so for Trump, as he’s born a citizen (on US soil), but that would be possible for Musk.

        • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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          (on US soil)

          A person born to a US Citizen parent anywhere in the world is also a natural-born US citizen, so this mean Ted Cruz, and ironically, the whole “Birthergate” racist conspiracy theory didn’t matter at all, since Barack Obama’s Mother was a US Citizen, so he would still be eligible to become the US president even if he was born in Kenya.

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          With Trump and Maga fucks calling for native Americans to leave I see nowhere that we couldn’t send Trump to his home in Russia?