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Why Trump Is Going to Lose on Birthright Citizenship
Main Monday, May 12, 2025Why Trump Is Going to Lose on Birthright CitizenshipTrump’s executive order purportedly denying birthright citizenship to the children of “unlawful” immigrants comes before the Supreme Court…
For Purpose Law Group Blog
Preview of Upcoming Nationwide-Injunction Oral Argument
By the middle of March 2025, President Donald Trump and his administration couldn’t help but notice the steady stream of preliminary-injunction rulings – many nationwide in scope – that were…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof: The Indian Law Context by Gergory Ablavsky and Bethany Berger
Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof: The Indian Law Context by Gergory Ablavsky and Bethany BergerNYU Law Review Online (forthcoming 2025)AbstractSection 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment provides that “All persons born or…
Legal Theory Blog
Evans on Citizenship and the Fourth Amendment
Danieli Evans (University of Washington School of Law) has posted A Citizenship Model of the Fourth Amendment on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Fourth Amendment law is in disarray. In…
Consumer Finance Monitor
What in the world does birthright citizenship have to do with consumer financial services?
The short answer is that the outcome of the Supreme Court hearing (whose oral argument is scheduled for May 15 at 10 am) is of immense importance to all stakeholders…
Legal Theory Blog
Keener on Calvin’s Case and Birthright Citizenship
Benjamin Keener (University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School) has posted Calvin's Case and Birthright Citizenship (University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online, Vol. 174 (forthcoming)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Jurisdiction and Citizenship by Ilan Wurman
Jurisdiction and Citizenship by Ilan WurmanAbstractA recent executive order denying birthright citizenship to children born to persons temporarily visiting or unlawfully present in the United States has reignited debate over…
Legal Theory Blog
Wurman on the Birthright Citizenship Clause
Ilan Wurman (University of Minnesota Law School) has posted Jurisdiction and Citizenship on SSRN. Here is the abstract: A recent executive order denying birthright citizenship to children born to persons…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Debate: “Are persons born in the U.S. to temporarily or illegally present parents U.S. citizens by birthright under the Fourteenth Amendment?”
Now before the Supreme Court, President Trump's effort through executive order to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants born on U.S. soil. A debate on the issue will…
PrawfsBlawg
State Ratifications and the Constitution
Main Wednesday, April 16, 2025State Ratifications and the ConstitutionIn my recent research, I was struck by the following point. When we look at the 1787 Constitution, we pay a lot…