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Supreme Court Defends Birthright Citizenship | Wilmington News
The Supreme Court just delivered a major victory for birthright citizenship, upholding the long-standing rule that anyone born in the U.S. is automatically a citizen, regardless of their parents’ immigration status. President Trump’s attempt to overturn this principle was decisively rejected in a 5-4 ruling, with Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Barrett joining the liberal justices. The court reaffirmed the meaning of “subject to the jurisdiction” as established in the 1898 Wong Kim Ark case, emphasizing that this foundational right was also a direct response to the Dred Scott decision…
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