Wong Kim Ark is a Supreme Court case from 1898 that supporters of automatic birthright citizenship say settled the matter. It didn’t, not even close. Wong Kim Ark addressed a very narrow legal ...

I used to accept "birthright citizenship," too. Then I read the Supreme Court cases purportedly saying the 14th Amendment automatically makes a child born in the United States an American citizen.

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

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

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

As the Supreme Court weighs whether to hear President Trump’s appeal over his birthright citizenship policy, one can imagine the conservative justices could be hesitant to revisit a precedent that ...

On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding three preliminary injunctions against a January 20 executive order that purported to eliminate birthright citizenship except for ...

The question was framed in U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark, is the child of subjects of the Emperor of China, having permanent domicile and residence in the United States, a citizen thereof at birth by the 14th ...