Court Opinion

ID: 9635541
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 13:53:54.926163+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:00:45.954895
License: Public Domain

PESQUERA, District Judge
(dissenting).
For substantially the reasons stated by Mr. Justice Rehnquist in his opinions in Sugarman v. Dougall, 413 U.S. 634, 93 S.Ct. 2842, 37 L.Ed.2d 853 (1973), and In re Griffiths, 413 U.S. 717, 93 S.Ct. 2851, 37 L.Ed.2d 910 (1973), I find myself in dissent in this case. I find both the court’s opinion, and the trend of which it is a part, unfortunate. There have been and will be moments in our *369national history that have and will demand the very best effort, the highest measure of devotion, from the nation’s citizens. I feel a sorrow that the pride, the respect, the attitude that once was shared by the great majority of the Americans towards their citizenship might be fading. Decisions such as Sugarman, In re Griffiths, Mow Sun Wong and this one certainly will continue and will accelerate the erosion of our pride in being citizens.