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1961 – The 23rd amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. The amendment allowed residents of Washington, DC, to vote for president.


On this day in 1964, residents of the District of Columbia cast their ballots in a presidential election for the first time.

The passage of the 23rd Amendment in 1961 gave citizens of the nation’s capital the right to vote for a commander in chief and vice president. They went on to help Democrat… read more »

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1898 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the U.S. to Chinese immigrants was a U.S. citizen. This meant that they could not be deported under the Chinese Exclusion Act.


(March 28) marked 120 years since the Supreme Court determined that U.S.-born children of immigrants are United States citizens. The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) revisits this decision in a video posted on Facebook yesterday.

The clip explains that Wong Kim Ark, the child of Chinese immigrant parents in San Francisco, visited China and successfully returned to America several times. But in 1894, customs officials denied him re-entry under the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which barred most Chinese immigrants from admission and citizenship.

Wong fought the decision, and the prevailing xenophobia toward Asian Americans, through several legal battles. His fight ended in 1898 with the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Wong Kim Ark. Justice Horace Gray wrote in the court’s opinion that the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment granted citizenship to anybody born on U.S. soil:

for the complete article: colorlines.com

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ACA… still working …for the people


 

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

March 26-28, 2012

The Court has granted review of cases challenging provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The orders, briefs, and other information are available at this link. The Chief Justice’s 2011 Year-End Report

So, a few years later and we are all the better/grateful

for ACA

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