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U.S. Supreme Court Rules Statute Directing State Department to Record Jerusalem-Born Citizen's Birthplace as "Israel" Does Not Raise Political Question

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

John R. Crook
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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 106 , Issue 3 , July 2012 , pp. 643 - 646
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2012

References

1 Crook, John R., Contemporary Practice of the United States, 104 AJIL 271, 278 (2010)Google Scholar.

2 Zivotofsky v. Clinton, 132 S.Ct. 1421, 1425-26 (2012).

3 Id. at 1430-31; see also Lipták, Adam, Dispute over Jerusalem Engages Court, N.Y. Times, Nov. 8, 2011, at A13Google Scholar; Barnes, Robert, Justices Finda Pile of Issues in Passport Case, Wash. Post, Nov. 8, 2011, at A2Google Scholar; Editorial, President’s Prerogative , 41 ‘Ash. Post, Nov. 10, 2011, at A24Google Scholar; Cushman, John M. Jr., Justices Decline to Say if Jerusalem-Born Americans Can Claim Israeli Birthplace, N.Y. Times, Mar. 27, 2012, at A15 Google Scholar; Courts Can Decide Issue of Israel as Birthpkce, Wash. Post, Mar. 27, 2012, at A6.

4 2 Pub. L. No. 107-228 (2002), 116 Stat. 1350 (codified at 22 U.S.C. §2651 note (2006)).

5 President Bush, George W., Statement on Signing the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 38 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 1659 (Sept. 30, 2002)Google Scholar.

6 Zivotofsky v. Clinton, 571 F.3d 1227, 1233 (D.C. Cir. 2009).

7 Zivotofiky, 132 S.Ct. at 1425.

8 Id. at 1427-28 (citation omitted).

9 Id. at 1436 (Alito, J., concurring).

10 Id. at 1441 (Breyer, J., dissenting).