The Sovereign Citizen: Denaturalization and the Origins of the American Republic

Patrick Weil

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2013

The Sovereign Citizen

Denaturalization and the Origins of the American Republic

Patrick Weil

In the series Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812206210

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About this book

Present-day Americans may feel secure in their citizenship, but there was a time when citizens could be denationalized. Patrick Weil examines the twentieth-century legal procedures, causes, and enforcement of denaturalization to illuminate an important and neglected dimension of American citizenship, sovereignty, and federal authority.

Author / Editor information

Patrick Weil is Senior Research Fellow at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Professor at the Paris School of Economics. He is author of numerous books, including How to Be French: Nationality in the Making Since 1789.

Reviews

"In this masterful and timely book, Patrick Weil plunges deep into rarely used archives to write a new history of the shaping of American identity in the twentieth century, all the more important as we now debate the reform of immigration law. This story of belonging and exile has its heroes—defenders of civil liberties who deserve to be better known—and its scoundrels. Unlike many histories, it has a heartening conclusion."—Linda K. Kerber, author of No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies: Women and the Obligations of Citizenship

"An important, exhaustive, and meticulously researched work"—Dissent

"One of the world's leading experts on nationality brilliantly explores past campaigns to strip Americans of their citizenship. Patrick Weil reveals how both bureaucratic rigor and national security zeal threatened citizenship rights, and points to important lessons for twenty-first century debates."—Gerald Neuman, Harvard Law School

"In vividly depicting the long struggle to secure the citizenship rights of Americans, Weil treats us to striking insights as well as delicious tidbits of newly discovered data."—Norman Dorsen, former President of the American Civil Liberties Union

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. The Federalization of Naturalization
Chapter 1. Denaturalization, the Main Instrument of Federal Power Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Chapter 2. The Installment of the Bureau of Naturalization, 1909–1926 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
Chapter 3. The Victory of the Federalization of Naturalization, 1926−1940 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
Part II. A Conditional Citizenship
Chapter 4. The First Political Denaturalization: Emma Goldman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Chapter 5. Radicals and Asians Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Chapter 6. In the Largest Numbers: The Penalty of Living Abroad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Chapter 7. The Proactive Denaturalization Program During World War II Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
Part III. War in the Supreme Court
Chapter 8. Schneiderman: A Republican Leader Defends a Communist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Chapter 9. Baumgartner: The Program Ends, but Denaturalization Continues Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
Chapter 10. A Frozen Interlude in the Cold War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
Chapter 11. Nishikawa, Perez, Trop: “The Most Important Constitutional Pronouncements of This Century” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Chapter 12. American Citizenship Is Secured: “May Perez Rest in Peace!” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
Appendix 1. Emma Goldman, “A Woman Without a Country” From Mother Earth (1909) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Appendix 2. Chiefs of the Naturalization Bureau and Evolution of Departmental Responsibilities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
Appendix 3. Naturalization Cancellations in the United States, 1907−1973 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Appendix 4. Americans Expatriated, by Grounds and Year, 1945−1977 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	198
Appendix 5. Supreme Court and Other Important Court Decisions Related to Denaturalization and Nonvoluntary Expatriation from Schneiderman and Participating Supreme Court Justices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Archival Sources and Interviews Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 296
Keywords: Law; Political Science; Public Policy; Public Policy; Human Rights

eBook

Published: November 29, 2012
ISBN: 9780812206210