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Deuxcents

(26,931 posts)
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:03 PM 9 hrs ago

Time to donate to ACLU after two people who know said she was brilliant in front of the Supreme Court

Tonight on Lawrence O, Laurence Tribe and Neal Katyal, who is a legal scholar and has himself argued in the SC..and won his cases. Thanks to ACLU’s Cecilia Wang for her brilliant work.

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Time to donate to ACLU after two people who know said she was brilliant in front of the Supreme Court (Original Post) Deuxcents 9 hrs ago OP
Just did, saw their new ad on MSNOW, "born in the USA", awesome! Shellback Squid 9 hrs ago #1
Me, too! I thought I better donate again so I posted a reminder. Deuxcents 9 hrs ago #2
Lawyer Arguing at Supreme Court to Save Birthright Citizenship Is a Birthright Citizen dalton99a 8 hrs ago #3
Thanks for this..I've heard nothing but positive feedback about her tonight and background info adds to it Deuxcents 8 hrs ago #4
UC Berkeley and Yale Law....i wonder if Usha Vance is regretting Her Entire LiFE !!!! Bread and Circuses 7 hrs ago #5
Thanks ! She's local ! And a Cal Alumna ! So proud! Bread and Circuses 7 hrs ago #6

dalton99a

(94,140 posts)
3. Lawyer Arguing at Supreme Court to Save Birthright Citizenship Is a Birthright Citizen
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:41 PM
8 hrs ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/us/politics/cecillia-wang-the-aclu-lawyer-is-a-birthright-citizen.html

Lawyer Arguing at Supreme Court to Save Birthright Citizenship Is a Birthright Citizen
She has spent much of her career defending immigrants’ rights in America.
By Amy Qin
April 1, 2026 Updated 10:51 a.m. ET

Cecillia Wang, the lawyer who is arguing before the Supreme Court for birthright citizenship, has spent much of her career defending immigrants’ rights in America.

In a recent telephone interview, she described the case as a culmination of her work for over two decades as a constitutional lawyer at the American Civil Liberties Union, defending the rights of noncitizens in America.

“It feels like I’m meeting a historic moment both for so many families who might be affected by the executive order, but also for all Americans,” said Ms. Wang, who is now the A.C.L.U.’s national legal director. “This administration is really attacking a foundation stone of American life.”

Ms. Wang was born in Oregon in 1971 when her parents were still on student visas, making her a U.S. citizen by birth.

She grew up in Fremont, Calif., and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and Yale Law School. She clerked for two Supreme Court justices, Harry A. Blackmun and Stephen G. Breyer.

During Mr. Trump’s first term, Ms. Wang helped the A.C.L.U. challenge the administration’s so-called Muslim ban, the border wall and family separation policies.

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Deuxcents

(26,931 posts)
4. Thanks for this..I've heard nothing but positive feedback about her tonight and background info adds to it
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:50 PM
8 hrs ago

Bread and Circuses

(2,052 posts)
5. UC Berkeley and Yale Law....i wonder if Usha Vance is regretting Her Entire LiFE !!!!
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 01:22 AM
7 hrs ago

Cecillia Wang . Born to immigrants, worked hard and earned her way to argue a consequential case before SCOTUS and doing it in front of a drooling PedoPrez.

Usha, girl. You’re a fraud.

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