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The author says that the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause, understood according to its original public meaning, obviously guarantees birthright citizenship.
After SCOTUS opened the door to President Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship, the anniversary of the 14th Amendment takes on an added significance. The anniversary of the ratification of the ...
For more than a century, most Americans have assumed that anyone born on U.S. soil automatically becomes a citizen, regardless of their parents’ status. But this modern understanding of “birthright ...
It may not be as oft-quoted as the First Amendment or as contested as the Second Amendment, but the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution plays a critical role in supporting some of our ...
I’m not a lawyer; maybe that helps me understand the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship better than J. Christian Adams (“Conventional wisdom behind birthright citizenship is wrong,” April 22).