Citizenship
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 377 U.S. 163 - Schneider v. Rusk · 1964Most cited · 630 citing opinions
naturalized vs. native-born
the rights of citizenship of the native born and of the naturalized person are of the same dignity and are coextensive
How often courts cite the cases defining “Citizenship”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “Citizenship” — 940 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1915–1964
- ORIGINAL
It may be conceded that a change of citizenship cannot be arbitrarily imposed, that is, imposed without the concurrence of the citizen. The law in controversy does not have that feature. It deals with a condition voluntarily entered into, with notice of the consequences. The marriage of an American woman with a foreigner has consequences of like kind, may involve national complications of like kind, as her physical expatriation may involve. Therefore, as long as the relation lasts, it is made tantamount to expatriation. This is no arbitrary exercise of government.
loss by marriage