Dred Scott, an enslaved person born in Virgina around 1799, and Wong Kim Ark, the son of Chinese immigrant parents, born in ...

This scenario, until recently, might have read like a dystopian projection. But after the court’s decision on Friday, it is no longer hypothetical.

Once upon a time, doctors were convinced that using leeches and drawing the blood of patients cured illness. No matter how ...

One hundred and twenty-seven years after Wong Kim Ark’s Supreme Court victory enshrined birthright citizenship, Norman Wong is fighting to protect that legacy.

One hundred and twenty-seven years after Wong Kim Ark’s Supreme Court victory enshrined birthright citizenship, Norman Wong is fighting to protect that legacy.

United States v. Wong Kim Ark is a Supreme Court case from 1898 that supporters of birthright citizenship say settled the matter. It didn’t -- not even close.

Dear Editor, Justice Gray explained the Civil Rights Act (1866) declared, "All persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power" were citizens thereof, but in the 14th ...

Trump has argued that the 14th Amendment is "all about slavery." While the amendment was adopted in 1868 during Reconstruction to grant citizenship to emancipated Black slaves, the Supreme Court ruled ...