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 ...
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas offered this opportunity for Solicitor General John Sauer to explain how the 14th ...
Solicitor General John Sauer responded to a question from Chief Justice John Roberts, during oral arguments on Trump's ...
The Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment was ratified after the Civil War in order to cement citizenship and legal ...
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 ...
As legal proceedings surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship move toward the country’s highest court, the longstanding interpretation of the 14th Amendment ...
While nearly two dozen states are suing to stop President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants, some legal experts, such as Hans von ...
President Trump's executive order adopting a narrow understanding of birthright citizenship in order to exclude the American-born children of unauthorized immigrants and temporary visitors has ...
President Donald Trump told Politico that it would be “devastating” if the Supreme Court struck down his executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. In a wide-ranging interview with ...
Legal experts John Yoo and Todd Shapiro discuss whether birthright citizenship has been interpreted too broadly on 'The Will ...
Critics and supporters of President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship often focus on the order’s barring of automatic citizenship to children born to individuals unlawfully ...
Wednesday was a landmark day in the annals of the Supreme Court. Maybe for the country. The court heard President Donald Trump’s challenge to end birthright citizenship for children of immigrants ...