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

The Sovereign Citizen : : Denaturalization and the Origins of the American Republic / / Patrick Weil.

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Present-day Americans feel secure in their citizenship: they are free to speak up for any cause, oppose their government, marry a person of any background, and live where they choose-at home or abroad. Denaturalization and denationalization are more often associated with twentieth-century authoritar...

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Weil, Patrick,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2012]
©2013
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Federalization of Naturalization
  • Chapter 1. Denaturalization, the Main Instrument of Federal Power
  • Chapter 2. The Installment of the Bureau of Naturalization, 1909-1926
  • Chapter 3. The Victory of the Federalization of Naturalization, 1926−1940
  • Part II. A Conditional Citizenship
  • Chapter 4. The First Political Denaturalization: Emma Goldman
  • Chapter 5. Radicals and Asians
  • Chapter 6. In the Largest Numbers: The Penalty of Living Abroad
  • Chapter 7. The Proactive Denaturalization Program During World War II
  • Part III. War in the Supreme Court
  • Chapter 8. Schneiderman: A Republican Leader Defends a Communist
  • Chapter 9. Baumgartner: The Program Ends, but Denaturalization Continues
  • Chapter 10. A Frozen Interlude in the Cold War
  • Chapter 11. Nishikawa, Perez, Trop: "The Most Important Constitutional Pronouncements of This Century"
  • Chapter 12. American Citizenship Is Secured: "May Perez Rest in Peace!"
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1. Emma Goldman, "A Woman Without a Country" From Mother Earth (1909)
  • Appendix 2. Chiefs of the Naturalization Bureau and Evolution of Departmental Responsibilities
  • Appendix 3. Naturalization Cancellations in the United States, 1907−1973
  • Appendix 4. Americans Expatriated, by Grounds and Year, 1945−1977
  • Appendix 5. Supreme Court and Other Important Court Decisions Related to Denaturalization and Nonvoluntary Expatriation from Schneiderman and Participating Supreme Court Justices
  • Notes
  • Archival Sources and Interviews
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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