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The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, enacted three years after the end of the Civil War, reads, in part: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.” For more than a century and a half, American courts have interpreted that language to guarantee citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil with only a narrow list of exceptions. The U.S. Supreme Court, in the 1898 case United States v. Wong Kim Ark, endorsed this view, ruling that a child of Chinese immigrants born in California was an American citizen.
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Foreword
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Transgender Athletes, Gun Control and Fed Independence on the Docket
West Virginia v. B.P.J., Wolford v. Lopez, Trump v. Cook and Others
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Chiles v. Salazar
The Court Strikes Down Colorado's Conversion Therapy Ban
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Louisiana v. Callais
The Court Limits the Consideration of Race in Redistricting
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Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order
Overview of Federal Law and Court Precedent
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First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Holding on Birthright Citizenship
Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order Is Unconstitutional
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Before the Court in Trump v. Barbara
The Justices Weigh in on Birthright Citizenship
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Pro & Con
Is the President's Order Rescinding Birthright Citizenship for the Children of Undocumented Migrants and Temporary Residents Legal?
