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Trop v. Dulles

SCOTUS · Decided Decided

Case Overview

Stripping citizenship as punishment for desertion violated the Eighth Amendment, which draws meaning from the evolving standards of decency of a maturing society. The phrase that drives Atkins, Hall, and Moore, all already in the collection, and newly relevant to any denaturalization push.


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