DOJ Turns Clock Back to 1898 Case to Curb Birthright Citizenship

The Justice Department is urging the Supreme Court to limit birthright citizenship for the first time since the justices famously rejected the government’s attempt to deny citizenship to a man born in the US to Chinese immigrants.

That decision, in US v Wong Kim Ark in 1898, is regarded as a landmark precedent affirming citizenship for virtually everyone born on US soil under the Constitution. Over a century later, the Trump administration is arguing that perception is wrong, and will send its top Supreme Court lawyer to make the case before the justices during oral arguments on Wednesday.

US Solicitor ...