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Asian Americans and U.S. Law
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United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (March 28, 1898)

Marina Hsieh

You may wish to skim sections II-IV on English common law and pre-Fourteenth Amendment Constitutional interpretations. Be sure to consider sections V-VI and the dissent. 

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