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Fact-checking Trump on birthright citizenship and birth tourism before Supreme Court hears arguments

One of the most important Supreme Court rulings expected this year is whether to uphold the constitutional protection that ...
SCOTUSblog

A history of birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court

This article was updated on Feb. 6 at 2:04 p.m. Shortly after being sworn into office on Jan. 20 for a second term, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending birthright citizenship – the ...
SCOTUSblog

The 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause does not codify English principles of subjectship

Critics and supporters of President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship often focus on the order’s barring of automatic citizenship to children born to individuals unlawfully ...
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The 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause is not trapped in amber: A reflection on oral argument

While I have written multiple posts for SCOTUSblog on birthright citizenship, a substantial part of my practice is litigating Second Amendment claims. In light of that experience, I was struck […] The ...
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Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America, by Garrett Epps

Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship is an effort to repeal by executive fiat the legal foundation underlying the Fourteenth Amendment, which the ruling class today views ...