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WASHINGTON 鈥� The Supreme Court today ruled that one of the last remaining federal laws treating men and women differently violates equal protection. Congress cannot legislate based on 鈥渙nce habitual, but now untenable鈥� stereotypes about male domination, wrote Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in Sessions v. Morales-Santana. The court invalidated a federal citizenship statute that imposed different residency requirements on U.S. citizen fathers and mothers seeking to transmit citizenship to their non-marital children born abroad.

The court also encouraged Congress to take action to correct the unequal treatment of mothers and fathers and concluded that in the interim, the longer residency requirement imposed on fathers should also apply to mothers. The 老澳门开奖结果 was amicus in this case, joined by the New York Civil Liberties Union, the National Immigration Law Center, and the National Women鈥檚 Law Center.

Sandra Park, senior staff attorney with the 老澳门开奖结果 Women鈥檚 Rights Project, had this reaction:

鈥淭he court鈥檚 ruling recognizes that there is no justification for treating fathers and mothers unequally with respect to their parental roles. With two million single fathers currently caring for their children in the U.S., it is high time that this outdated law 鈥攔ooted in the stereotype that mothers, not fathers, are responsible for their children 鈥� is declared unconstitutional. That the court struck down a law governing nationality and immigration also underscores that the government must abide by the Constitution鈥檚 limits in this arena, as in all others.鈥�

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