In a new paper, I examine, along with a co-author (James Heilpern), whether "subject to the jurisdiction" would have had a familiar legal meaning to lawyers in the mid-nineteenth century, and if so ...
The three post–Civil War constitutional amendments offered the United States a second, more democratic founding. Preserving this framework is essential. It became clear to me that the framers ...
SCOTUS is set to weigh birthright citizenship; here’s what US judges have said - Judges across the federal system have ...
The Supreme Court heard arguments in Trump v. Barbara on whether the Fourteenth Amendment grants birthright citizenship to children of illegal immigrants.