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Compendium of Writings About Birthright Citizenship

Links to my writings on this important issue about to be decided by the Supreme Court.

Reason · Jun 22

Slavery and Birthright Citizenship

All the Trump 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 - granting citizenshp to freed slaves and their descendants.

Reason · Mar 3

Birthright Citizenship Re-Examined (from an Originalist Perspective)

Professor Michael Ramsey revisits the original public meaning of the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause.

Reason · Feb 27

Evan Bernick, Guest-Blogging About Birthright Citizenship

Bernick is a leading academic expert on the Fourteenth Amendment.

Reason · Mar 31, 2025

President Trump's Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship is Unconstitutional

Trump is doing many great things but trying to get rid of birthright citizenship is not one of them

Reason · Feb 19, 2025

More on Birthright Citizenship and Undocumented Immigrants - Rejoinder to Barnett and Wurman

Why their response to me and other critics fails to refute key objections.

Reason · Feb 18, 2025

Birthright Citizenship - A Response to Barnett and Wurman

Their argument for denying birthright citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants born in the US has multiple weaknesses, including that it would also have denied it to former slaves.

Reason · Feb 15, 2025

Chevron and Public Rights

An interesting point from Ilan Wurman.

Reason · Jul 31, 2023

A Major New Defense of the Major Questions Doctrine

Legal scholar Ilan Wurman argues the controversial doctrine is justifiable on textualist and linguistic grounds.

Reason · Mar 17, 2023