Birthright

Supreme Court prepares to review Trump executive order on birthright citizenship

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Supreme Court is poised to answer a fundamental constitutional question largely ignored for more than a century: Who qualifies as an American citizen? The justices on Wednesday will hold oral arguments to review President Donald Trump’s efforts to limit birthright citizenship in the U.S., a landmark case … Read more

Looking to limit birthright citizenship, Trump turns to an 1884 Supreme Court ruling against a Native American

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WASHINGTON — In a moment that could take on new significance almost 150 years later, Omaha election official Charles Wilkins on April 5, 1880, refused to register John Elk to vote on the grounds that he was Native American, and therefore not an American citizen. Elk — believed to have been a member of what … Read more