Constitutional Law
Jun. 17, 2015
Passport case was simply about identity
Commentary on the recent Zivotofsky case misses the crux of the issue. It was about the ability of an American to claim an important element of his or her identity. By Amanda Susskind
Considerable ink has been spilled in the past days debating the merits of the U.S.
Supreme Court's 93-page decision in the Zivotofsky v. Kerry case. In a 6-3 decision, the court concluded that Congress overreached when it passed
the law permitting U.S. citizens born in Jerusalem to identify "Israel" as their place
of birth. Much of the discussion - indeed, the lengthy decisi...
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