States challenging birthright citizenship 14 States: Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Utah intend to challenge [i]jus soli[/i] through legislation that emulates Arizona's SB 1070 that passed last year. Historically, all attempts to revoke birthright citizenship or legislation negating provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment have failed, especially after the landmark [i]United States v. Wong Kim Ark[/i] and [i]Plyer v. Doe[/i] Supreme Court cases that set the precedents that the Fourteenth Amendment could not be limited in its effect by an act of Congress and "the Fourteenth Amendment extends to anyone, citizen or stranger, who is subjec
States challenging birthright citizenship 14 States: Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Utah intend to challenge [i]jus soli[/i] through legislation that emulates Arizona's SB 1070 that passed last year. Historically, all attempts to revoke birthright citizenship or legislation negating provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment have failed, especially after the landmark [i]United States v. Wong Kim Ark[/i] and [i]Plyer v. Doe[/i] Supreme Court cases that set the precedents that the Fourteenth Amendment could not be limited in its effect by an act of Congress and "the Fourteenth Amendment extends to anyone, citizen or stranger, who is subjec