Supreme Court challenge and upholding Scott Act (1888)
on october 8, 1888, chae chan ping, chinese citizen , unskilled laborer working in san francisco, returned after trip home china. stopped @ port , denied entry. challenged denial , case reached supreme court. case, chae chan ping v. united states, decided on may 13, 1889 in favor of united states. supreme court decision important precedent both establishing federal government s discretionary power on immigration , upholding government s authority pass , enforce legislation contradictory terms of past international treaties (the treaty in question being burlingame treaty of 1868).
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