Court: Law designating ‘Israel’ as birthplace unconstitutional

c. 2013 Religion News Service

WASHINGTON (RNS) A federal appeals court has ruled unconstitutional a 2002 law that allows Americans born in Jerusalem to designate Israel as their birth country on their passports.

The lawsuit, brought by an American couple whose American son was born in Israel in 2002, challenged the government to uphold the law. Instead the court found it unconstitutional.