Kent v. Dulles, 357 U.S. 116 (1958)

The Supreme Court held that Congress had not authorized the Secretary of State to withhold passports from citizens because of their beliefs or associations. The opinion records Briehl’s objections at his hearing, including that his “political affiliations” were irrelevant to his right to a passport and that “every American citizen has the right to travel regardless of politics.”

Docketed by ROBESON as the ruling after which the State Department restored Paul Robeson’s passport in 1958, eight years after its 1950 revocation.

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