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Countries that revoke citizenship obtained at birth because of retroactive revocation of a parent's citizenship
Suppose a person was born with citizenship of country X because at least one parent had citizenship of country X at the time of their birth.
Now, suppose that, after the person's birth, it's discovered that the parent had committed fraud during the…
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How do U.S. state laws requiring something from the past interact with U.S. state laws that legally change the past?
In the U.S., state laws can require that someone present some document or information in order to do something. This can be the current version of the thing, or a past version, or, potentially, even the original version.
State laws can also act…
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Could a Ban on Chinese Investments be Retroactive?
I just read that the U.S. government is planning on banning investments in Chinese companies that are associated with high-tech and artificial intelligence. What would that mean for a person who already has such investments? If the law went into…
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