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In ''Trop v. Dulles'', 356 U.S. 86 (1958), a 5-4 [[U.S. Supreme Court]] invalidated a federal statute that authorized the revocation of citizenship of someone born in the [[United States]] based on his desertion from the armed forces as a soldier.  The Court held that the [[Eighth Amendment]] did not permit this revocation of citizenship as punishment for a crime.
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In '''''Trop v. Dulles''''', 356 U.S. 86 (1958), a 5-4 [[U.S. Supreme Court]] invalidated a federal statute that authorized the revocation of citizenship of someone born in the [[United States]] based on his desertion from the armed forces as a soldier.  The Court held that the [[Eighth Amendment]] did not permit this revocation of citizenship as punishment for a crime.
    
Chief Justice [[Earl Warren]] wrote the opinion, but only prevailed by:
 
Chief Justice [[Earl Warren]] wrote the opinion, but only prevailed by:
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