posted March 2, 2003 at 10:06 PM MDT
In The Village Voice Nation, Nat Hentoff's "Ashcroft Out of Control" reads in part:
"Until now, in our law, an American could only lose his or her citizenship by declaring a clear intent to abandon it. But—and read this carefully from the new bill—"the intent to relinquish nationality need not be manifested in words, but can be inferred from conduct." (Emphasis added). Who will do the 'inferring'?" [likewise, emph. added h_b]