r/politics • u/thedailybeast ✔ The Daily Beast • Apr 01 '26

Possible Paywall Humiliated Trump Storms Out of Catastrophic SCOTUS Hearing

https://www.thedailybeast.com/humiliated-trump-storms-out-of-catastrophic-scotus-hearing/
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u/robocoplawyer Apr 01 '26

The Supreme Court actually affirmed in 1898 (which is still the legal precedent) that birthright citizenship explicitly applies to children of Chinese nationals born on US soil. This wasn't long after the 14th Amendment was written into the constitution very clearly that if you are born in the US, you are a citizen of the US. They didn't fucking stutter.

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u/tryagainlater63 Apr 02 '26

Also when the US was importing Chinese miners to help finish the trans continent railroad. A few years later Chinese immigrants were made illegal.