birthright

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Last month, Cecillia Wang, the head of the ACLU, asked the Supreme Court to preserve birthright citizenship, a pillar of the 14th Amendment.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

On April 1, Trump added to his pressure on the court by attending a hearing on the birthright case in person -- the first sitting president to join the audience in history.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Instead of accepting her rise as a birthright, her skeptics grew louder—and bolder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

I’m the beneficiary of birthright citizenship three times over.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

But the unconscious mastery of language that is our birthright as humans is not enough to allow us to write good sentences.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker