SCOTUSblogOpinion

The 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause is not trapped in amber: a reflection on oral argument

While I have written multiple posts for SCOTUSblog on birthright citizenship, a substantial part of my practice is litigating ...

On the Original Legal Meaning of "Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof"

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 ...
WBEZ

Anniversary of 14th amendment takes on new meaning after recent SCOTUS ruling

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 ...
Mises InstituteOpinion

Constitutional Government and the Tenth Amendment

The Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution was supposed to affirm the sovereignty of individual states. However, after years ...
Yahoo

What will selective enforcement of the Johnson Amendment mean? | Opinion

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the IRS announced two weeks ago that it would not enforce a section of federal law commonly called the Johnson Amendment, ...
Cleveland.com

Birthright citizenship debate - what does the 14th Amendment mean?

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) ...