| Case
Name |
Year | Decision
of the Court | Topic
Group(s) | |
| Rector of Holy Trinity Church v. United States,143 U.S. 457 | 1892 | Refusing to apply to churches a federal statute forbidding employment contracts with aliens to work in United States. |
Ministerial Exception
Naturalization and Foreign Workers
| |
| United States v. Schwimmer, 279 U.S. 644 | 1929 | A religious pacifist may be denied U.S. citizenship. |
Naturalization and Foreign Workers
| |
| United States v. Bland, 283 U.S. 636 | 1931 | Refusal to bear arms in defense of the United States is a valid reason to bar naturalization. |
Naturalization and Foreign Workers
| |
| United States v. Macintosh, 283 U.S. 605 | 1931 | Alien unwilling to take oath of allegiance, except with qualifications, is not entitled to citizenship. |
Naturalization and Foreign Workers
Oaths
| |
| Girouard v. United States, 328 U.S. 61 | 1946 | As a matter of statutory construction, denial of citizenship to one who would not take up arms because of religious scruples was error. |
Naturalization and Foreign Workers
| |
| Cohnstaedt v. INS, 339 U.S. 901 (rev’d mem.) | 1950 | Reaffirming Girouard v. United States, 328 U.S. 61 (1946). |
Naturalization and Foreign Workers
| |
