Legal Opinion
Ludecke v. Watkins
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 11, 1948No. 723PublishedCited by 200 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
The Fifth Congress committed to the President these powers:
“Whenever there is a declared war between the United States and any foreign nation or government, or any invasion or predatory incursion is perpetrated, attempted, or threatened against the territory of the United States by any foreign nation or government, and the President makes public proclamation of. the event, all natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the hostile nation or government, being of the age of fourteen years and upward, who shall be within the United States and not actually naturalized, shall be liable to be…
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