Birthright Citizenship and Wong Kim Ark Case

birthright citizenship, 14th Amendment

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.

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The history of how birthright citizenship started in California after an 1898 Supreme Court case

After President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship, California leaders explain the state's unique history with the 14th Amendment.

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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.

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Debunking 4 Big Errors Made in Lawsuit to Stop Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order

The lawsuit seeking to stop Trump’s birthright citizenship order from going into effect has arguments offered that are ...

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Birthright Citizenship Has Been Challenged Before

The 14th Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship, and the courts have long upheld it. President-elect Trump wants to ...

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Trump’s Legal War on Birthright Citizenship Is Off to a Bad Start

The Trump administration’s campaign to abolish birthright citizenship is not going well. Less than 72 hours after Trump ...

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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.

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Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship would overturn more than a century of precedent

U.S. President Donald Trump has said since his first administration that he wants to end birthright citizenship, a ...

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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.

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Don’t worry about Trump’s birthright citizenship order — it’s not going anywhere

This effort to end birthright citizenship is just Trump tossing red meat to MAGA. None of it is going to actually happen.

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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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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.

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Trump’s Flaming Turd of an Argument for Ending Birthright Citizenship

A federal judge gently hints that Trump’s lawyer might consider a change of location and extinguishes the dung—for now.

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