Washington (AP) – Chairman Donald Trump It is said that he is considering “taking away” American citizenship Prolonged rivalActress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell, despite a decades -old Supreme Court’s decision, clearly restricts such action by the government.
Trump wrote in a social media post on Saturday, “Due to the fact that Rosie O’Donnele is not in the best interest of our great country, I am giving serious views to remove my citizenship.” He said that O’Donnell, who goes to Ireland in January, should live in Ireland “if they want it.”
The two have publicly criticized each other for years, often a bitter back and forth that occurs before Trump’s participation in politics. In recent times, on social media, O’Donnell condemned recent steps by Trump and his administration, including a large-scale GP-supported tax break and spending a plan for deduction.
It is the latest threat by Trump to cancel the citizenship of those with whom he publicly disagreed, recently his former advisor and one -time colleague, Elon Musk,
But the position of O’Donel is quite different from musk, which was born in South Africa. O’Donnell was born in the United States and is a constitutional right to American citizenship. US State Department notes On your website American citizens can abandon American nationality by taking birth or naturalization – but only when the Act is voluntary performance and with the intention of abandoning American citizenship.
Amanda Frost, a law professor at the Virginia School of Law, ruled in a 1967 case that the fourteen amendment of the Constitution prevents the government from taking citizenship.
Frost said in an email on Saturday, “The President has no right to snatch citizenship of an original-based American citizen.” “In short, we are established on the principle that people choose the government; the government cannot choose people.”
Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris and moved to O’ -Donel Ireland after winning his second term. He has said that he is in the process of obtaining Irish citizenship on the basis of family dynasty.
Responding to Trump on Saturday, O’ -Donel wrote on social media that he harassed the President and “added me to the list of people who oppose him at every turn.”
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