Slavery, Birthright Citizenship, and Today’s Upcoming Supreme Court Oral Argument

The administration's arguments for denying birthright ctizenship to children of undocumented immigrants are at odds with the main purpose of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. --- Josiah Wedgewood's famous 1787 image created for the antislavery movement. (NA) Much ink has [...]

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Trump’s Unconstitutional Attack on Birthright Citizenship Finally Reaches the Supreme Court

Understanding the stakes in Trump v. Barbara. --- 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 citizenship for millions [...]

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