Trump v. Barbara · ¶265

The Court found it so important that Wong and his parents were domiciled in the United States at the time of his birth that it gratuitously insisted upon that fact throughout its opinion. The Court’s introductory paragraph stated seven different ways that Wong was domiciled in the United States: He was born to parents who were “at the time of his birth domiciled residents of the United States.” 169 U. S., at 652 (emphasis added). His parents were “enjoying a permanent domicile and residence therein at San Francisco.” Ibid. (emphasis added). His parents “continued to reside and remain in the United States.” Ibid. (emphasis added). He “ever since his birth, has had but one residence, to wit, in California, within the United States.” Ibid. (emphasis added). He “ha[d] there resided.” Ibid. (emphasis added). He “never lost or changed that residence.” Ibid. (emphasis added). And, he never…

slip opinion, revised 7/01/26
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