Sessions v. Morales-Santana Oral Argument
2016-11-12T18:58:45-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMzhkXC8yMDE2MTExMjE4NTkxNTAwMV9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Lynch v. Morales-Santana, a case testing the constitutionality of an immigration law from 1952 that made it easier for unmarried American mothers to pass U.S. citizenship to their children born in other countries than it does unmarried American fathers.
Luis Ramon Morales-Santana was born in the Dominican Republic to an unmarried American father and Dominican mother. He challenged his deportation and won arguing that the gender distinction for men and women for birthright citizenship as unconstitutional. The Supreme Court was reviewing if the law violated the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection and whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals had the authority to confer U.S. citizenship on the respondent.
On June 12 the court ruled that the law violates the Fifth Amendment’s requirement that all people must be treated equally under the law.
The case was originally called Lynch v. Morales-Santana.
Luis Ramon Morales-Santana was born in the Dominican Republic to an unmarried American father and Dominican mother. He challenged his deportation and won arguing that the gender distinction for men and women for birthright citizenship as unconstitutional. The Supreme Court was reviewing if the law violated the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection and whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals had the authority to confer U.S. citizenship on the respondent.
On June 12 the court ruled that the law violates the Fifth Amendment’s requirement that all people must be treated equally under the law.
The case was originally called Lynch v. Morales-Santana.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Lynch v. Morales-Santana, a case testing the constitutionality of an immigration law from 1952… read more
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Lynch v. Morales-Santana, a case testing the constitutionality of an immigration law from 1952 that made it easier for unmarried American mothers to pass U.S. citizenship to their children born in other countries than it does unmarried American fathers.
Luis Ramon Morales-Santana was born in the Dominican Republic to an unmarried American father and Dominican mother. He challenged his deportation and won arguing that the gender distinction for men and women for birthright citizenship as unconstitutional. The Supreme Court was reviewing if the law violated the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection and whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals had the authority to confer U.S. citizenship on the respondent.
On June 12 the court ruled that the law violates the Fifth Amendment’s requirement that all people must be treated equally under the law.
The case was originally called Lynch v. Morales-Santana. close
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