Saturday, January 16, 2010

Citizenship and Nationality: List of Links



Citizenship and Nationality
Citizenship - Wikipedia

Citizenship in the United States - Wikipedia

Naturalization - Wikipedia

United States Nationality Law - Wikipedia


Court Cases
Afroyim v. Rusk

Dorr v. United States

Downes v. Bidwell

Dred Scott v. Sanford

Hawaii v. Mankichi

Osborn v. Bank of the United States

Perez v. Brownell

Plyler v. Doe

Rassmussen v. United States (1905)

Rogers v. Bellei

Schneider v. Rusk

Vance v. Terrazas

United States v. Manzi

United States v. Wong Kim Ark - Wikipedia

United States v. Wong Kim Ark

Weedin v. Chin Bow

Zimmer et al. v. Acheson


Foreign Affairs Manuel-Volume 7, Table of Contents
U.S. Department of State: Diplomacy in Action


Fourteenth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

Rights Guaranteed, Privileges and Immunities of Citizenship, Due Process and Equal Protection


Natural-Born Citizenship
Natural Born Citizen Clause - Wikipedia

"The Origins and Interpretation of the Presidential Eligibility Clause in the U.S. Constitution: Why Did the Founding Fathers Want the President To Be a 'Natural Born Citizen' and What Does this Clause Mean for Foreign-Born Adoptees?" by John Yinger

"The Natural-Born Citizen Clause and Presidential Eligibility: An Approach for Resolving Two Hundred Years of Uncertainty" by Jill A. Pryor

Foreign Affairs Manuel: "Acquisition and Retention of U.S. Citizenship and Nationality, Acquisition of U.S. Citizenship by Birth in the U.S."

Foreign Affairs Manual: "Acquisition of U.S. Citizenship by Birth Abroad to U.S. Parent"


Professor Gabriel J. Chin Argument
Faculty Profile, formerly with the University of Arizona

Michigan Law Review: "Why Senator John McCain Cannot Be President: Eleven Months and a Hundred Yards Short of Citizenship"; First Impressions Online Companion of the Michigan Law Review: "Senator John McCain and Natural Born Citizenship"

New York Times: "McCain’s Canal Zone Birth Prompts Queries About Whether That Rules Him Out"

Washington Post: "McCain's Birth Abroad Stirs Legal Debate"

Prawfsblawg: "John McCain and Natural Born Citizenship"

Snopes.com, Rumor Has It: "The Natural"

About.com, Genealogy:  "John McCain’s Citizenship Status"

Senate Resolution 511 ("The McCain Resolution")


United States Statute
Chapter III, Section 1, Statute II of Session II - Naturalization Act of 1790 (pg. 103);
Chapter III, Section 1, Statute II of Session II - Naturalization Act of 1790 (pg. 104)

American Citizens Abroad: "A Brief History of U.S. Citizenship Law and Americans Overseas"

The Panama Canal Zone Citizenship Act of 1937

Jus Sanguinis: Naturalization Acts of 1790 and 1795


United States Territories
Foreign Affairs Manuel: "Acquisition of U.S. Nationality in Territories and Possessions"

Territories of the United States - Wikipedia

United States Territory - Wikipedia