Introduction
From @HelenBurggraf: BREAKING: 'Accidental Americans' take U.S. State Dept to court over 'unconstitutional, illegal' renunciation fee https://t.co/y9JJcWspZg
— John Richardson – lawyer for "U.S. persons" abroad (@ExpatriationLaw) December 10, 2020
As described in the first paragraph of the Claim:
1. Voluntary expatriation, the ability to renounce one’s nationality, is a fundamental right, upon which, arguably, all other civil rights ultimately depend. In the words of Thomas Jefferson, expatriation is a “natural right which all men have.” A Bill Declaring Who Shall Be Deemed Citizens of This Commonwealth, June 18, 1779.
See https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-02-02-0132-0004-0055.
So begins the claim of the lawsuit launched by the Association of Accidental Americans against the US Department Of State.