Important Facts
Case Synopsis - The issue before the court
What is the constitutionality of the stripping of citizenship?
Albert L. Trop
Who is a U.S. Army private whose desertion conviction led to the Supreme Court case Trop v. Dulles?
Prohibited by the Eighth Amendment
What is cruel and unusual punishment?
The date that the Trop v. Dulles case took place
When is March 31st 1958?
The reason that the Trop v. Dulles case started
Why did Albert L. Trop break the military law of the Act of Desertion
Case Synopsis- The constitutional principle being violated
The Eighth Amendment
John Foster Dulles
Who is the U.S. Secretary of State who was named as the government official in the Supreme Court case Trop v. Dulles?
The Nationality Act of 1940
What defined who was eligible for citizenship & established conditions for loosing citizenship?
March 31, 1958
When did the Supreme Court rule 5-4 that denationalization is a “cruel and unusual” punishment
Where the Trop v. Dulles case started
Where is Casablanca, Morocco?
The majority decision ruling
What is a 5-4 decision ruling that stripping a natural born citizen of their citizenship is unconstitutional?
SCOTUS Justices - Concurring Opinion
Who are Justices William Brennan, Hugo Black, and William O. Douglass?
Desertion
What is leaving a place of duty with the intent to avo important service or stay away permanently?
1944
When did Albert L. Trop dessert in Casablanca, Morocco and receive a dishonorable discharge?
What the plaintiff was seeking
What is a declaratory judgment of citizenship?
Immediate Effect
Why did the Court make the decision that removing someone’s citizenship as a punishment for desertion was an extreme/cruel and unusual punishment?
The dissenting opinion’s beliefs
Why is it illogical to claim that loosing citizenship is unconstitutional, but not a more intense punishment?
The act of stripping an individual of their U.S. citizenship
What is denationalization?
The case is reargued
Oct, 28-29, 1957
5-4 ruling
What is a decision where five justices vote in favor of the majority opinion, while four justices dissent/disagree?
Today’s connection & impact
Why are the “evolving standards of decency” used to determine if certain punishments are cruel and unusual?
The Supreme Court Opinion was written by this person
Who is Chief Justice Earl Warren?
The legal standard stating punishments must reflect society’s changing moral values
What are evolving standards of decency?
1955 - 1956
Why did Trop sue for a declaratory judgment of citizenship and why did the district court rule against him, which led to a Supreme review?
The violated law
What is Section 401(g) of the Nationality Act of 1940?