Supreme Court wrestles with Jerusalem passport case

Everlast · Nov 7, 2011

The case of an American-Israeli couple who want the US to recognise their Jerusalem-born son's place of birth as Israel has reached the Supreme Court.
Menachem Zivotofsky's US passport lists Jerusalem as his birthplace, but his country of birth has been left blank.
The Zivotofsky family sued the state department shortly after their son was born in October 2002.
The status of Jerusalem is highly contentious, as the city is claimed by both Israel and the Palestinians.
Naomi and Ari Zivotofsky and their son, now nine years old, have flown from Israel to attend Monday's hearing at the Supreme Court.
Thirty-nine Democratic and Republican members of Congress have backed the family.
They cite a provision in a 2002 law, the Foreign Relations Authorisation Act, allowing Israel to be listed as the birthplace for Americans born in Jerusalem.
But former President George W Bush overrode that provision, saying it interfered with his authority over foreign affairs.
The Obama administration says it does not want to appear to take sides on the status of Jerusalem.

The family also argues that the State Department has made an exception for U.S citizens born in Taiwan. Their passports may list their place of birth as Taiwan, rather than China.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15624873

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011...oy-was-born/UPI-52411320577200/#ixzz1d3isohHz

QUESTION PRESENTED:

Whether the political question doctrine deprives a federal court of
jurisdiction to enforce a federal statute that explicitly directs the Secretary of State how to record the birthplace of an American citizen on a Consular Report of Birth Abroad and on a passport

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