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Post by sevenofnine on Jun 8, 2015 11:50:42 GMT -5
US Supreme Court: No 'Israel' allowed on passports of Americans born in Jerusalem
I think safe to say that US supreme court was smoking my state Cali weed before making this decision
In a major blow to a 13-year-old effort to bolster Jerusalem's status under American law as an undisputed part of Israel, the US Supreme Court on Monday struck down as unconstitutional a Congressional law which authorized placing "Israel" on passports of Jerusalem-born Americans.
The 6-3 split ruling was also a victory for the administration of US President Barack Obama, which said the law unlawfully encroached on the president's power to set foreign policy and would, if enforced, undermine the US government's claim to be a neutral peacemaker in the Middle East.In a major blow to a 13-year-old effort to bolster Jerusalem's status under American law as an undisputed part of Israel, the US Supreme Court on Monday struck down as unconstitutional a Congressional law which authorized placing "Israel" on passports of Jerusalem-born Americans.
www.jpost.com/Israel-News/US-Supreme-Court-invalidates-Jerusalem-passport-law-405391
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Post by Daniel on Jun 9, 2015 8:00:37 GMT -5
U.S. passports must say 'Jerusalem,' not 'Israel'
WND 20 hours ago
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned back a demand from Congress that Americans born in Jerusalem be allowed to have their passports changed to reflect Israel as their birthplace, heeding a warning from the State Department “a simple passport alteration could ‘provoke uproar throughout the Arab and Muslim world,’” USA Today reports.
It’s the latest skirmish in a fight that has been going on since 1948 when Israel was recognized as a nation.
The justices denied a challenge brought by the parents of a 12-year-old whose case had been in the courts for a decade. A majority of the justices refused to allow the Jerusalem reference to birthplaces in passports.
It’s far from the first time that an argument has erupted over Jerusalem and its designations.
Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority of the 6-3 decision that declared the congressional plan unconstitutional.
“The power to recognize or decline to recognize a foreign state and its territorial bounds resides in the president alone,” Kennedy wrote. “Recognition is an act with immediate and powerful significance for international relations, so the president’s position must be clear. Congress cannot require him to contradict his own statement regarding a determination of formal recognition.”
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www.wnd.com/2015/06/u-s-passports-must-say-jerusalem-not-israel/
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Post by sevenofnine on Sept 16, 2016 12:22:11 GMT -5
Yeah think about it SCOTUS DUH
On my passport I went to Mexico for vacation my passport say I was born in Los Angeles CA USA
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