Article I

This article exists to answer a basic question: What does it really mean to be an American citizen? While the Constitution guarantees many rights, it does not clearly state that all citizens must be treated equally or protect citizenship itself from political abuse. 

This article ensures that every citizen has the same legal status, rights, and protections regardless of race, religion, sex, wealth, political beliefs, or other personal characteristics. It also prevents the government from creating "first-class" and "second-class" citizens, protects naturalized citizens from unfair treatment, and ensures that citizenship cannot be taken away except in cases of proven fraud and through due process of law. 

Section 1 — Inviolability of Citizenship

Citizenship of the United States, once lawfully acquired by birth or naturalization, shall not be denied, abridged, suspended, revoked, or impaired except as expressly provided in this Article and pursuant to due process of law.

No citizen shall be deprived of the rights, privileges, or immunities of citizenship except through procedures consistent with this Constitution.

Citizenship shall not be conditioned upon ideology, political belief, religion, loyalty tests, or the exercise of constitutional rights.

Section 2 — Equal Protection in Citizenship

No citizen of the United States shall be denied equal protection of the laws or the equal rights, privileges, and immunities guaranteed under this Constitution on the basis of:

1. race;
2. ethnicity;
3. national origin;
4. sex;
5. gender;
6. sexual orientation;
7. religion or lack thereof;
8. disability;
9. economic status; or
10. any other protected characteristic recognized under this Constitution or federal law.

No law, policy, or governmental practice shall create or recognize separate classes or tiers of citizenship.

Section 3 — Neutral Standards for Naturalization

Congress shall establish uniform and generally applicable laws governing naturalization consistent with this Constitution.

Naturalization standards:

1. shall be applied equally and impartially;
2. shall not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, political belief, or other protected status;
3. shall not require ideological conformity, political loyalty, or adherence to any political or religious belief as a      condition of naturalization; and
4. shall not abridge the equal and secure nature of citizenship guaranteed under this Article.

No person may be denied naturalization solely on the basis of lawful political expression, religious belief, protected identity, or national origin.

Section 4 — Prohibition on Second-Class Citizenship

No law, policy, or governmental practice may create, recognize, or enforce different classes or tiers of citizenship based on status, belief, or identity.

All citizens of the United States shall possess equal legal standing, equal civil and political rights, and equal protection under the law.

Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex, gender, or any other characteristic protected against unlawful discrimination under this Constitution or federal law.

Section 5 — Limitation on Denaturalization

Denaturalization shall be permitted solely where citizenship was obtained through intentional and material fraud, proven by clear and convincing evidence in a court of competent jurisdiction.

No person shall be rendered stateless.

No denaturalization may be imposed as punishment, retaliation, or political sanction.

Section 6 — Congressional Authority and Enforcement

Congress shall have power to enact legislation necessary to implement and enforce this Article, provided that no such legislation shall diminish the equal and secure nature of citizenship guaranteed herein.