Immigration Article of the Day: “Yick Wo at 125: Four Simple Lessons for the Contemporary Supreme Court” by MARIE A. FAILINGER

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Yick Wo at 125: Four Simple Lessons for the Contemporary Supreme Court” Michigan Journal of Race & Law, Forthcoming MARIE A. FAILINGER, Hamline University School of Law.  ABSTRACT:  This article by Matie Failinger, celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Yick Wo decision, recounts the legal struggles of Chinese immigrants at the turn of the 20th century and proposes that these stories provide four lessons for the U.S. Supreme Court about the importance of refusing to countenance class discrimination, persisting in striking at legal injustice, considering legislative purpose in context, and taking account of the property assumptions that color cultural battles in discrimination cases.

KJ