In the few days since he returned to the White House, President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders and mass pardons ...

Despite what many pundits and even lower court judges are saying, this is not a slam dunk for the president's opponents.

When officials denied that he was a citizen, Wong Kim Ark took his case to the Supreme Court and won. Today, that decision is ...

Get ready for a Supreme Court showdown over President Donald Trump’s challenge to birthright citizenship — the idea that all ...

Get ready for a Supreme Court showdown over President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship — the idea that ...

The complaint also argued that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the issue in a 1898 case, United States v. Wong Kim Ark. The ...

In 1898, the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed in United States v. Wong Kim Ark that children born in the United States to immigrant parents were entitled to U.S. citizenship, and the principle has ...

In 1898, the Supreme Court heard the case of United States v. Wong Kim Ark. Wong Kim Ark was born in California, but spent an extended period of time in China in the 1890s. Upon returning ...

And in contrast to other areas of policy and individual rights, the justices have not signaled any desire to revisit United States v. Wong Kim Ark. It states: “All persons born or naturalized in ...

This paper certified that Wong Kim Ark was able to follow through with his plan to leave the United States and return. Three men signed this letter attesting to his identity. Included with the ...