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Paul W. Mollica Federal Courts Blog
District Court’s Failure to Adjudicate Qualified Immunity “At the Earliest Possible Stage in the Litigation” Subject to Appeal Under Collateral-Order Doctrine, Holds Fifth Circuit
In Wertenbroch v. Hardeman, No. 25-40616 (5th Cir. June 3, 2026), the Fifth Circuit holds that even a non-response by a district court to a motion for qualified immunity can…
Legal History Blog
Kreis on Birthright Citizenship and the Anglo-American Constitution
By Dan Ernst
Anthony Michael Kreis, Georgia State University College of Law, has posted Discovering the Historical Anglo-American Constitution: The controversy over birthright citizenship in the United States and the meaning of the Fourteenth…
The Insightful Immigration Blog
The Diplomatic Exception to Birthright Citizenship: Paths to Permanent Residence and Naturalization
By Cyrus D. Mehta & Damira Zhanatova
By Cyrus D Mehta and Damira Zhanatova* One of the most misunderstood areas of U.S. immigration law is the treatment of children born in the United States to foreign diplomats.…
Last Month at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Reaches the Merits of Birthright Citizenship in Trump v. Barbara
By Chantel Febus, James Azadian, Andrew T. VanEgmond, Sadie Betting
The Supreme Court recently held oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara, a case pitting President Trump’s Executive Order barring persons born in the United States from receiving citizenship if their…
Missouri Lawyers Media
Advocacy group sues Missouri State University over bias policy, team
By Reuters
Listen to this article Summary An advocacy organization is suing Missouri State University for violating students’ First and 14th Amendment rights. Defending Education, a “national grassroots organization working to restore…
Inside Consumer Protection
Industry Coalition Challenges California’s Truth in Recycling Law SB 343 on Constitutional Grounds
By Laura Kim, Alexandra Remick, Taylor Kay
A coalition of 21 trade associations and commodity groups has filed a complaint seeking to enjoin enforcement of portions of California’s SB 343, also known as the “Truth in Recycling” law, which…
Religion Clause
Exclusion of Religious Training from College Grant Program Is Upheld
In Johnson v. Fleming, (ED VA, March 31, 2026), a Virginia federal district court dismissed Free Exercise Clause, Establishment Clause, and Equal Protection Clause claims challenging religious exclusions from the…
The Insightful Immigration Blog
Beyond Future Newborns: How Upholding Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Could Jeopardize Tens of Millions of Existing Americans
By Cyrus Mehta
By Cyrus D. Mehta and Kaitlyn Box* On April 1, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Trump v. Barbara, a case which raises a 14th Amendment challenge to President…
Legal History Blog
Dardini on the 14th Amendment, Human Rights, and American Samoa
By Dan Ernst
Ross Dardani, Muhlenberg College, has published, open access, The Influence of Fourteenth Amendment Jurisprudence and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the U.S. Empire, in Law and History Review:This…
Original Jurisdiction
5 Observations On The Supreme Court Argument In The Birthright Citizenship Case
By David Lat
The U.S. Supreme Court—where lawyers who lined up for seats in the SCOTUS bar section of the courtroom were turned away today (photo by David Lat).Welcome to Original Jurisdiction, the…