The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on May 15 on the federal government’s request to be allowed to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship – the guarantee of citizenship to almost everyone born in the United States, which dates back to the post-Civil War era.
The court left in place orders by three federal judges that prohibit the government from enforcing the executive order anywhere in the country until it can hear oral arguments and rule on the Trump administration’s request.
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution provides that “[a]ll persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” It was intended to overrule one of the Supreme Court’s most infamous decisions, its 1857 ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford, holding (by a vote of 7-2) that a Black person whose ancestors were brought to the United States and sold as enslaved persons was not entitled to any protection from the federal courts because he was not a U.S. citizen.
In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Wong Kim Ark – who was born in San Francisco to parents of Chinese descent – that the 14th Amendment guarantees U.S. citizenship to virtually anyone born in this country. Writing for the six-justice majority
The court left in place orders by three federal judges that prohibit the government from enforcing the executive order anywhere in the country until it can hear oral arguments and rule on the Trump administration’s request.
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution provides that “[a]ll persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” It was intended to overrule one of the Supreme Court’s most infamous decisions, its 1857 ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford, holding (by a vote of 7-2) that a Black person whose ancestors were brought to the United States and sold as enslaved persons was not entitled to any protection from the federal courts because he was not a U.S. citizen.
In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Wong Kim Ark – who was born in San Francisco to parents of Chinese descent – that the 14th Amendment guarantees U.S. citizenship to virtually anyone born in this country. Writing for the six-justice majority
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00:00The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on May 15 on the federal government's request to be allowed to implement President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship,
00:10the guarantee of citizenship to almost everyone born in the United States, which dates back to the post-Civil War era.
00:16The court left in place orders by three federal judges that prohibit the government from enforcing the executive order anywhere in the country until it can hear oral arguments and rule on the Trump administration's request.
00:27The 14th Amendment to the Constitution provides that A. LL persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.
00:41It was intended to overrule one of the Supreme Court's most infamous decisions, its 1857 ruling in Dred Scott v. Sanford,
00:49holding, by a vote of 7 to 2, that a black person whose ancestors were brought to the United States and sold as enslaved persons was not entitled to any protection from the federal courts because he was not a U citizen.
01:03In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Wong Kim Mark, who was born in San Francisco to parents of Chinese descent,
01:11that the 14th Amendment guarantees you citizenship to virtually anyone born in this country, writing for the six justices.