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solid_fuelyesterday at 9:04 PM1 replyview on HN

Nah, the conservative opinions in this case aren't even worth the paper they are printed on. Every single court that saw this case decided the same way: birthright citizenship was intended to work exactly as it has been applied since its inception.


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rayinertoday at 12:01 AM

The lower courts had a different question before them, because they had to treat Wong Kim Ark as binding precedent. They didn’t need to revisit whether it was correctly decided.

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