…zation Acts of 1790 and 1795, English concepts of jus soli and jus sanguinis, the Fourteenth Amendment, and United States v. Wong Kim Ark. The autho…
…p status was shaped by two competing traditions:
Jus soli — the right of the soil. Birth within sovereign territory creates allegiance to that sove…
…f birth in the United States, reaffirming a broad jus soli principle under the 14th Amendment. Most modern scholars read this decision as strongly s…