Post AsU5eOl5K2cudMJLBQ by soc@chaos.social
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 (DIR) Post #AsU320lfs0rvJf9eJU by interfluidity@zirk.us
       2025-03-27T15:11:31Z
       
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       if a US visa or green card is a “privilege” whose revocation constitutes foreign-policy discretion rather than punishment and so is not subject to protection on first-amendment grounds, couldn’t an identical case be made with respect to passports for US citizens?
       
 (DIR) Post #AsU5eOl5K2cudMJLBQ by soc@chaos.social
       2025-03-27T15:40:49Z
       
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       @interfluidity Yes?
       
 (DIR) Post #AsU6Cub9RuEPEG7co4 by curtosis@mastodon.social
       2025-03-27T15:47:03Z
       
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       @interfluidity A very good question (derogatory).I think this administration’s [sic] wildly expansive reading of “foreign policy” is long overdue for a deeper interrogation.The legislative intent (especially in the INA clauses they’re relying on) was specifically about making diplomatic relations more difficult and/or directly impacting policies and treaties outside the country, and *not* “in some way touches anything foreign”. Which passports definitionally do.
       
 (DIR) Post #AsU9XSpoAV3Z47T9ZQ by eARCwelder@mastodon.social
       2025-03-27T16:24:24Z
       
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       @interfluidity Incoming genius strategy of “you need a passport to vote but only in red states and also a passport is meaningless”