{The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down a law that would allow American citizens born in Jerusalem to have Israel listed as their birthplace on passports.
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The ruling was a victory for the administration of President Barack Obama, which said the law unlawfully encroached on the president’s power to set foreign policy and would, if enforced, undermine the U.S. government’s claim to be a neutral peacemaker in the Middle East.<\/p>\n
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