The sovereign citizen: denaturalization and the origins of the American Republic

Abstract

Introduction 1 PART I. Federalization of Naturalization Chapter 1. Denaturalization, the Main Instrument of Federal Power Chapter 2. Installment of the Bureau of Naturalization, 1909-1926 Chapter 3. Victory of the Federalization of Naturalization, 1926-1940 PART II. Conditional Citizenship Chapter 4. First Political Denaturalization: Emma Goldman Chapter 5. Radicals and Asians Chapter 6. In the Largest Numbers: Penalty of Living Abroad Chapter 7. Proactive Denaturalization Program During World War II PART III. War in the Supreme Court Chapter 8.Schneiderman: Republican Leader Defends a Communist Chapter 9. Baumgartner: Program Ends, but Denaturalizationn Continues Chapter 10. 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) From Free Vistas (1933) 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