And the Supreme Court in Perkins v. Elg (1939) basically said that it was impossible for someone other than the person themselves to surrender their citizenship.
Furthermore, the United States State Department basically says that while it is theoretically possible, people under 16 are presumed to not have the maturity for it to happen.
dunstvangeet,
I agree with you.
And that is what has been bothering me about this whole “CLN” business.
Since we have documentation from a FOIA request that shows SADO married Lolo in 1965, that means 0 was FOUR YEARS OLD.
A 4 year old child CANNOT renounce their citizenship!
So the CLN stuff is just a rabbit hole and a big fat red herring....
I take back my question upthread about asking for FOIA request for a CLN
for 0.
Ain’t worth the time and trouble.
No doubt. My previous post was emphasizing that PRIOR to the 20th century, this legal belief didn't exist. It's why I quoted U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark in showing that the court acknowledged that parents COULD renounce citizenship on behalf of their children, otherwise there would be no point in the court talking about it.