Rogers v. Bellei

401 U.S. 815 · U.S. Supreme Court

Holding and boundaries

Upheld a statutory residence condition for a person who acquired U.S. citizenship at birth abroad by statute rather than the Fourteenth Amendment.

Scope and limitations: Later statutes changed retention rules; current nationality law and the person's citizenship basis must be checked.

Open authoritative source

2 issue placements

Dual Citizenship & Democratic Participation

Rogers v. Bellei rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Dual Citizenship & Democratic Participation. Fit tier: Direct. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.

Scope and limitations: Later statutes changed retention rules; current nationality law and the person's citizenship basis must be checked.

Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required

Tibetan Diaspora, Statelessness & Documentation

Rogers v. Bellei rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Tibetan Diaspora, Statelessness & Documentation. Fit tier: Contextual. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.

Scope and limitations: Later statutes changed retention rules; current nationality law and the person's citizenship basis must be checked.

Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required

Publication and provenance

The authority is published once; issue-specific orientation and fit remain separate placements. Analogue, contextual, and historical-adverse fits are not represented as controlling.

Published under research-publication-clearance-2026-07-21. deterministic validation and objective verification are not claimed.