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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
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“‘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
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“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
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CW: USpol Birthright citizenship
“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.”