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Supreme Court justices punt on deciding birthright citizenship case

By Kaelan Deese
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Supreme Court justices punt on deciding birthright citizenship case

A series of controversial early 20th-century Supreme Court rulings known as the “Insular Cases” will remain intact after justices declined to consider whether American Samoans have full U.S. citizenship at birth.

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