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

Birthright citizenship represents the best of America: a clear, principled rule that has served us well for over 150 years. It cannot be easily changed, nor should it be, because it defines who we are ...

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

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 ...

In 1895, Wong Kim Ark returned from a visit to his family’s ancestral village in Taishan, in China’s Guangdong province, and was barred from reentering the United States.

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.