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 ...

At moments of political anxiety, Americans challenge first principles. Few are more foundational or more misunderstood than birthright citizenship. The text of the 14th Amendment is plain: “All ...

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At moments of political anxiety, Americans challenge first principles. Few are more foundational or more misunderstood than birthright citizenship. The text of the 14th Amendment is plain: “All ...

In the summer of 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified, granting birthright citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States.” Crafted in the aftermath of the Civil War, the ...

A decade ago, I wrote a cover story for Reason magazine titled "Trump vs. the Constitution." It explained how then-candidate Donald Trump's call to abolish the constitutional guarantee of birthright ...

Barrett noted that enslaved people hardly had "intent to remain" in a country they were dragged to in chains, completely undermining Sauer's theory. The proposed argument, she explained, contradicts ...

A law professor at Florida International University writes that, even from an originalist perspective, birthright citizenship ...

When President Trump returned to the White House last year, he made it clear in many ways that he was determined to do whatever he wanted without regard for the law or the Constitution. One was his ...

The Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment was ratified after the Civil War in order to cement citizenship and legal protections for Black people in the U.S. after slavery was abolished. What ...