“Aldo Mario Bellei had an American Mother too, yet he lost his citizenship because he didn’t comply with residency requirements.”
Ummm....
“1. The appellee, Aldo Mario Bellei (hereinafter the plaintiff), was born in Italy on December 22, 1939. He is now 31 years of age...
2. The plaintiff’s father has always been a citizen of Italy and never has acquired United States citizenship. The plaintiff’s mother, however, was born in Philadelphia in 1915 and thus was a native-born United States citizen...The mother and father were married in Philadelphia on the mother’s 24th birthday, March 14, 1939. Nine days later, on March 23, the newlyweds departed for Italy. They have resided there ever since.
...The plaintiff resided in Italy from the time of his birth until recently. He currently resides in England, where he has employment as an electronics engineer with an organization engaged in the NATO defense program.”
IOW, an Italian and an American marry, and 9 days later, leave for Italy where they spend the rest of their lives. While living in Italy, they have a son, who never lives in the US. At 31, he decides he is a US citizen because he was born abroad to ONE US citizen.
Bellei didn’t lose what he never had.
Then how, pray tell, did it ever get to the Supreme Court? Obviously he had "standing." :)