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Fitisemanu v. United States and American Samoan Citizenship
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- Publisher
- LegalClarity
- Original language
- en
- Link
- https://legalclarity.org/fitisemanu-v-united-states-and-american-samoan-citizenship/Accessed 22 September 2026
Editorial annotation
Legal-affairs journalistic analysis, consulted via citation, on the American Samoan territorial government's own opposition to automatic birthright citizenship, citing concerns over the traditional land-tenure system and matai political structure, and its observation that American Samoans had not reached a consensus favouring citizenship.