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Supreme Court to Hear Landmark Challenge to Birthright Citizenship
The justices will consider the constitutionality of President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented people and some temporary foreign visitors.
The Supreme Court will hear a landmark case about whether President Trump can limit birthright citizenship.
He Won Birthright Citizenship for All. His Own Family Never Knew.
Wong Kim Ark brought his case to the Supreme Court in 1898. But some of his descendants didn’t even know his name until about 15 years ago.
Sandra and Norman Wong, the grandchildren of Wong Kim Ark, whose victory in the 1898 Supreme Court case affirmed automatic citizenship for nearly all children born in the United States.
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The Birthright Con
Trump wants to find out just how weak this Supreme Court is.
Padma Lakshmi: The Decision That Would Create a Permanent American Underclass
President Trump wants to take away a fundamental American promise.
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Padma Lakshmi: The Decision That Would Create a Permanent American Underclass
President Trump wants to take away a fundamental American promise.
How Immigration Policies Like Birthright Citizenship Shaped the Supreme Court Justices’ Histories
As the justices prepare to hear a landmark case about birthright citizenship, their family stories are a reminder that the law has shaped who can be an American.
An Ominous U.S. Threat Against Iran
Readers criticize President Trump over his bellicose statements on Iran. Also: Education for every child, citizen or not; the cost of war.
Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order at Supreme Court Splits Conservative Scholars
Before President Trump’s order to limit birthright citizenship, there was widespread agreement that the 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship for U.S.-born babies.
Trump Says Birthright Citizenship Was Only for the Children of Slaves. He’s Wrong.
The framers of the 14th Amendment endorsed a capacious definition of ‘American.’
Stephen Miller’s Latest Low
His project of subordination at home and abroad continues unabated.
The Last Thing Trump Wants to Do Is Save America
Trump’s SAVE Act would do anything but save America.
In Alysa Liu and Eileen Gu, China and America See a Mirror Image
The Olympic athletes are the subject of uncomfortable public comparisons that present online narratives that overlap more than both sides may realize.
