How the modern Supreme Court might view the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship
In the few days since he returned to the White House, President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders and mass pardons have shattered political and legal norms. But one order is in a category of its own.
Can Trump End Birthright Citizenship? 14th Amendment Explained
Brad Jones, a professor of political science at the University of California Davis, told Newsweek. Birthright citizenship has been interpreted, repeatedly, as an integral part of the 14th Amendment. Trump isn't the first to weaponize birthright citizenship but he has been the most successful at bringing this issue to a boil.
The history of how birthright citizenship started in California after an 1898 Supreme Court case
The origins of the United States' birthright citizenship guaranteeing legal status in the country can be traced back to Sacramento Street in San Francisco.Video above: California AG Rob Bonta sues Trump over birthright citizenship executive orderWong Kim Ark,
Trump wants to end birthright citizenship. That’s easier said than done
One of Trump's executive orders moves to end birthright citizenship, a right enshrined in the Constitution. Here's what you need to know about the legal principle and its possible future.
Trump has vowed to end birthright citizenship. Can he do it?
Eighteen states have sued the federal government over the executive order, showing the legal challenges the president will face.
The 14th Amendment has been about much more than birthright citizenship
The14th Amendment was intended to correct the moral wrongs of slavery. But it has been misunderstood and reinterpreted in cases involving workdays, schools, train cars and birth control.
A Bid to Block Trump's Cancellation of Birthright Citizenship Is in Federal Court
A federal judge is set to hear the first arguments in a multi-state lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship rega
Supreme Court Justices Could Back Trump's Birthright Citizenship Move
The Supreme Court will likely hear the case after several states teamed to try to stop Trump's birthright executive order.
Trump's birthright citizenship order blocked in court as advocates vow to fight on
Multiple states and cities are suing President Donald Trump over his executive order ending birthright citizenship. Their argument is that a person born in the United States is a citizen of the United States and is protected under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
Honig on why he thinks Trump will lose birthright citizenship battle with Supreme Court
A federal judge said that President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship was “blatantly unconstitutional” and issued a temporary restraining order to block it. CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig reacts to the latest.
U.S. birthright citizenship established by 1898 San Francisco case involving Chinatown resident
Universal birthright citizenship has long been considered a constitutional right that got its start in San Francisco, thanks to a gutsy young man in Chinatown.
How SF Chinatown resident's historical lawsuit established birthright citizenship
Born in 1873 in San Francisco's Chinatown, Wong Kim Ark became the story of birthright citizenship as we know it today.
Birthright Citizenship Has Been Challenged Before
The 14th Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship, and the courts have long upheld it. President-elect Trump wants to ...
Fighting for birthright citizenship is this Bay Area man's family legacy
When Wong Ark Kim made his way back to San Francisco, he was in his 20s, and he was denied entry into the country he was born in. He was told he wasn't a citizen.
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Family of Wong Kim Ark reacts to the end of birthright citizenship
A Chinese man born in the San Francisco's Chinatown whose case would go on to set the precedent for who gets to be a U.S. citizen.
Great-grandson of the man who established birthright citizenship slams Trump’s new executive order
The great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark — whose landmark 1898 Supreme Court case helped establish a birthright citizenship for all ...
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Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Birthright Citizenship Executive Order
CONCORD, N.H. — Immigrants’ rights advocates today sued the Trump administration over its executive order that seeks to strip ...