United States Supreme Court

In a case brought by a plaintiff born to US citizens living in Jerusalem, in which the American Embassy refused to list plaintiff's place of birth as "Israel" on his passport, as stated in Section 214(d) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003, citing the Executive Branch's longstanding position that the US does not recognize any country as having sovereignty over Jerusalem, the D.C. Circuit's judgment that the statute is unconstitutional is affirmed where it contradicts the Executive Branch's exclusive power to recognize foreign sovereigns.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/08/2015
• Published 06/08/2015

Judges

• Kennedy

Court

• United States Supreme Court

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