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Chae Chan Ping v. United States (The Chinese Exclusion Case)

No. 1446 SCOTUS · Decided SCOTUS

Case Overview

Congress's power to exclude foreigners is an incident of sovereignty that courts will not second-guess, upholding the Chinese Exclusion Act. The origin of the plenary power doctrine, still the government's deepest citation in every immigration case.

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