PSC 324 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: United States V. Wong Kim Ark, American Civil Liberties Union, Judicial Restraint
12 Sep 2018
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Taking another look: immigrant rights, another look at jim crow, another look at free speech, immigrant rights. 1882: chinese exclusion act: first major effort to keep out immigrants (federal government) 1) put restrictions on further immigration (a cap) 2) existing residents must obtain documentation of legality - or deportation. 3) u. s. citizens of chinese immigrants, in certain circumstances could get revoked. Fong yue ting upheld #1 (unanimous) and #2 (6-5)(1893) #3 = u. s. v. wong kim ark (1898): citizenship could have been revoked but he won on unconstitutional justification. Can"t strip him of his american citizenship. Meyer. v. nebraska (1923): german banned in private schools . About 14th amendments ( liberty ; applies to all) due process clause. Pierce v. society of sisters (1925) banned private/catholic schools; interferes with fundamental liberty of parenting and religion: another look at jim crow. Buchanan v. warley (1917): segregation case; ky zoning law for white and black neighborhoods; supreme court struck down.
