birthright

Mark Joseph Stern: One really recent and great example of the truth that a longer opinion is not necessarily a better opinion comes in the birthright citizenship case and the set of decisions from that.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

The principle of birthright citizenship, known in legal terms as "jus soli" or "right of the soil", is enshrined in the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

St John’s, the wealthy college Cambridge students love to hate and last year’s victors, had come to regard headships as its birthright.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

The game raised anew the fear that the ascendant streaming services would eventually outbid the broadcast networks for events once considered a sports fan’s birthright, such as the Super Bowl and World Series.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

He and I are going to help Mom practice every single night, which is why I’m sitting at my desk instead of watching after-school TV, which is a birthright of every latchkey child.

From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead

"We were all aware that we weren't being knighted or accepting a peerage. We all knew that the right we stood to gain was fairly inconsequential as inherited birthrights go."

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

If birthrights actually existed, women might well feel that a lot of power is due to them.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2024

Johnson and Clinton had no political birthrights but set out from young ages to reach the nation’s highest office.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2023

The dividing line traced by roadblocks also is tugging on sensitivities about birthrights and inequities, as Native American visitors worry about the social stigma of being locked out because of the contagion.

From Washington Times ● May 8, 2020

Beauty of character, charm of manner, attractiveness and graciousness of expression, a godlike bearing, are our birthrights.

From Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden