22 U.S.C. § 2721
Impermissible basis for denial of passports
A passport may not be denied issuance, revoked, restricted, or otherwise limited because of any speech, activity, belief, affiliation, or membership, within or outside the United States, which, if held or conducted within the United States, would be protected by the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2020–2025 · leading case: Carmichael v. Pompeo (D.D.C. 2020).
Carmichael v. Pompeo (D.D.C. 2020). “Plaintiffs’ First Cause of Action First, Plaintiffs claim that the Government violated 22 U.S.C. § 2721 by denying Pakosz and Lewis’s passport renewal applications and revoking Carmichael’s passport after they failed to provide their social security numbers on their passport…”
Carmichael v. Pompeo (D.D.C. 2022). “Specifically, Plaintiffs focus on their first cause of action—violation of 22 U.S.C. § 2721 , which prohibits denying or revoking passports because of, among other things, belief that is protected by the First Amendment.”
David Carmichael v. Antony Blinken (D.C. Cir. 2024). “Additionally, the appeal of the order is moot insofar as the district court dismissed appellants’ claims that appellees violated 22 U.S.C. § 2721 and Executive Order 13,798, their claim that 22 C.”
Jordan v. Blinken (D.D.C. 2025). “22 U.S.C. § 2721 (“A passport may not be denied issuance, revoked, restricted, or otherwise 22 limited because of any speech .”
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