Court Overturns Passport Law on Jerusalem

(Washington Post) Ann E. Marimow - A federal appeals court Tuesday found unconstitutional a law that gives thousands of Americans born in Jerusalem the option of listing Israel as their birthplace on U.S. passports. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that the law passed by Congress in 2002 "impermissibly intrudes" on the powers of the president.


2013-07-24 00:00:00

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