Supreme Court, birthright citizenship
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As the Supreme Court hears arguments Thursday on a major Donald Trump policy for the first time in his second term, the president could secure a significant win affecting many of the lawsuits against his administration out of a case that is otherwise widely seen as a legal loser.
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on birthright citizenship this week — but it has become about something different entirely.
"The conventional wisdom, accepted over decades, is that Wong Kim Ark supports absolute birthright citizenship to everyone born in the ... early judicial rulings, and the debate preceding the 1868 ratification of the 14th Amendment. Since Wong's parents ...
Ninth Circuit Judge Milan Smith Jr. and U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar provided some perspective from the bench on the swelling debate around nationwide injunctions last week during a panel discussion sponsored by the Berkeley Judicial Institute.
President Donald Trump's attempt to restrict automatic birthright citizenship — arrives at the U.S. Supreme Court this week with an unusual twist: The justices may focus on something else entirely.
Imagine if your family's future depended on a Supreme Court decision, and your right to live in the only country you've ever known could be taken away.