Birthright Citizenship Under Attack: Can Congress Overrule Wong Kim Ark?
Birthright Citizenship Under Attack: Can Congress Overrule Wong Kim Ark? Who was Wong Kim Ark? The question of who qualifies as a citizen at birth in the United States—seemingly settled over a century ago—is once again a subject of legal and political contestation. The Supreme Court’s landmark decision in United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898) has long stood as the definitive interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause, guaranteeing birthright citizenship to nearly all Read more