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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seems like the solution is pretty simple. Follow the law and you'll be fine. [/quote]

The Constitution is supposed to be the ultimate law of the land. The Presidential oath requires him to say he will, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution (not the US legal code, although that is probably a general expectation).

According to my non-expert understanding of the law, the Constitution lists two ways of being a citizen - birthright citizenship (being born in the US) and naturalization.  I think it is commonly assumed that if a parent is a citizen, then the child is, as well, but to my knowledge that is not stated in the Constitution.

We have already lost birthright citizenship.  Now, naturalized citizens are at risk of having their citizenship revoked over unspecified “crimes” (which is not addressed under the Constitution), by a President who seems to view any opposition as a crime.  Frankly, as a US citizen who was born on a US military base abroad (both parents are citizens, and have been for generations) who intends to protest publicly against Trump, if it might not be decided at some point that since I wasn’t born in the US and never was formally naturalized (I don’t know if there might have been some administrative process, but I certainly never took a citizenship test), that opposing the President means I’m not a loyal citizen and should be deported.

The Constitution is the bedrock for all laws and freedoms for the citizens of the US.  If we allow any person’s citizenship to be revoked, it can happen to me, and if it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone.  If we allow citizenship to be compromised, it comprises the Constitution, and if that’s compromised, everything else is lost.[/quote]

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