US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

Naturalization Clerk M. J. Flanagan of the Superior Court was notified today of a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States which upholds the rulings of Connecticut court that first papers obtained previous to September 27, 1905 are void, and applicants for citizenship under them must start anew. The decision was rendered January 2. Under the interpretation of the naturalization laws Judge Tuttle of the Superior Court, sitting in Bridgeport, ruled that first papers obtained previous to September 11, 1906, were void, and proceedings must be commenced over. Under an amended law the life of first papers is made seven years, but under the old law there was some doubt, and courts in other places decided such papers could be completed. Connecticut courts have uniformly ruled in accordance with the decision of Judge Tuttle, made after a hearing in Bridgeport in February, 1914. At the time of the ruling here there were a number of applications which came under it, but they have since all been disposed of, and the decision will not now affect any pending cases.