Fuller dissented in which case affirming birthright citizenship?
United States v. Wong Kim Ark
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Answer
In United States v. Wong Kim Ark, the Supreme Court ruled that children born in the United States to foreign parents are U.S. citizens by birthright. The decision, written by Justice Horace Gray and joined by seven other justices, affirmed the principle of jus soli, or birthright citizenship, which had been established in an earlier case, Minor v. Happersett (1875).
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