Semblances of Sovereignty

The Constitution, the State, and American Citizenship

T. Alexander Aleinikoff

    1. Introduction

    2. The Sovereignty Cases and the Pursuit of an American Nation-State

    3. The Citizen-State: From the Warren Court to the Rehnquist Court

    4. Commonwealth and the Constitution: The Case of Puerto Rico

    5. The Erosion of American Indian Sovereignty

    6. Indian Tribal Sovereignty beyond Plenary Power

    7. Plenary Power, Immigration Regulation

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T. Alexander Aleinikoff is a professor at Georgetown Law Center, and Senior Associate, Migration Policy Institute (Washington, D.C.).