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In ''Afroyim v. Rusk'', 387 U.S. 253 (1967), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] overruled ''Perez v. Brownell'', 356 U.S. 44 (1958), and held that the [[United States]] could not revoke the citizenship of a citizen even though a federal law authorized such revocation based on the citizen's voting in an election in a foreign country ([[Israel]]).
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In '''''Afroyim v. Rusk''''', 387 U.S. 253 (1967), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] overruled ''Perez v. Brownell'', 356 U.S. 44 (1958), and held that the [[United States]] could not revoke the citizenship of a citizen even though a federal law authorized such revocation based on the citizen's voting in an election in a foreign country ([[Israel]]).
    
Justice [[Hugo Black]] wrote the opinion for the 5-4 Court, concluding as follows:
 
Justice [[Hugo Black]] wrote the opinion for the 5-4 Court, concluding as follows:
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