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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 March 2025. First sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Citizenship Clause is the first sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which was adopted on July 9, 1868, which states: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 February 2025. Clause of the US Constitution specifying natural born US citizenship to run for President Status as a natural-born citizen of the United States is one of the eligibility requirements established in the United States Constitution for holding the office of president or vice president. This ...
The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.Usually considered one of the most consequential amendments, it addresses citizenship rights and equal protection under the law and was proposed in response to issues related to formerly enslaved Americans following the American Civil War.
Citizenship in the United States is a matter of federal law, governed by the United States Constitution.. Since the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on July 9, 1868, the citizenship of persons born in the United States has been controlled by its Citizenship Clause, which states: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the ...
Diversity (of Citizenship) Clause [citation needed] III: 2: 1 Elastic Clause: I: 8: 18 Emoluments Clause: I: 6: 2 ... Free Exercise Clause; Free Speech Clause; Free ...
Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (1898), [b] that per the Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause an ethnic Chinese person born in the United States becomes a citizen. [36] [37] This is distinct from naturalized citizenship; in 1922 the Court held in Ozawa v.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision , reviewed on 7 March 2025 . 1898 United States Supreme Court case United States v. Wong Kim Ark Supreme Court of the United States Argued March 5, 8, 1897 Decided March 28, 1898 Full case name United States v. Wong Kim Ark Citations 169 U.S. 649 (more) 18 S. Ct. 456; 42 L. Ed. 890; 1898 U.S. LEXIS 1515 Case history ...
Elk v. Wilkins (1884): In a 7–2 decision delivered by Justice Gray, the court held that the Citizenship Clause does not automatically grant citizenship to Native Americans born on Indian reservations. The case was effectively overruled by the passage of the Indian Citizenship Act in 1924.