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The University Press of Kansas is having a 40% off sale with code UPKHOLIDAY25 through December 26.

Lots of great #Midwestern and related #history. And UPK has an important series on the history of #law and #SupremeCourt cases.

Wong Kim Ark's Supreme court cases is a landmark decision about #BirthrightCitizenship, which #Trump is seeking to overturn.

https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700634217/

#USPol #histodons @histodons #LegalHistory #bookstodon #WongKimArk

American by Birth

American by Birth explores the history and legacy of Wong Kim Ark and the 1898 Supreme Court case that bears his name, which established the automatic citize...

University Press of Kansas

Brent Sleeper Feb 10, 2025

“‘Somebody in my family did something for everybody. He fought back,’ #WongKimArk’s now 74-year-old grandson, Norman Wong” said about the fight to affirm his #BirthrightCitizenship. https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/wong-kim-ark-birthright-citizenship-20154658.php?hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL3BvbGl0aWNzL2FydGljbGUvd29uZy1raW0tYXJrLWJpcnRocmlnaHQtY2l0aXplbnNoaXAtMjAxNTQ2NTgucGhw&time=MTczOTIyMzU3MTk2NA%3D%3D&rid=OTQ3NTU1OGItMjA2My00MWQ2LWJkOWMtNzM2NjY0MzJkOTRk&sharecount=MA%3D%3D

Brent Sleeper Feb 10, 2025

“Trump’s executive order on #BirthrightCitizenship needs to be seen in the broader context, much as the #WongKimArk case came out of a period of intense [racist] anti-Chinese sentiment. ‘That is, I think, a very clear parallel between then and now.’” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/us/birthright-citizenship-wong-kim-ark-supreme-court.html?unlocked_article_code=1.v04.4KfJ.0GvAk3hn8yfh

This Man Won Birthright Citizenship for All

When officials denied that he was a citizen, Wong Kim Ark took his case to the Supreme Court and won. Today, that decision is the focus of debate over who can be an American.

The New York Times

Lawrence Alberti 🚴Jan 25, 2025

Not all heroes wear capes.

https://www.sfpublicpress.org/sf-groups-long-history-defending-birthright-citizenship/

#Immigration
#SupremeCourt
#WongKimArk
#DavidChiu
#sfba

Jeannette Ho Jan 23, 2025

“Great-grandson of the man who established birthright citizenship slams Trump's new executive order

“He’s feeding off the American mindset, and it’s not a healthy one,” said the great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark, whose 1898 Supreme Court case helped guarantee birthright citizenship.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/wong-kim-ark-birthright-citizenship-trump-executive-order-rcna188481

#Birthright #Citizenship #WongKimArk #AAPI

Great-grandson of man who established birthright citizenship slams Trump executive order

The great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark — whose landmark 1898 Supreme Court case helped establish a birthright citizenship for all children of immigrants — blasted President Donald Trump’s new executive order seeking to revoke the long-standing right.

NBC News