Who is an American? The Supreme Court will decide
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President Trump claims that there is no automatic guarantee to birthright citizenship in the Constitution.
But, will that claim hold up in court?
The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, enacted after the Civil War, was aimed at reversing the Supreme Court's infamous Dred Scott decision, a ruling that ...
The strongest version of this narrative highlights a legitimate constitutional debate: whether the Fourteenth Amendment's phrasing—"subject to the jurisdiction thereof"—excludes children born to non-citizens, particularly those with undocumented or temporary status. Proponents of Trump's position argue that the amendment's original intent may not have anticipated modern immigration patterns, while opponents emphasize its role in correcting historical injustices like Dred Scott. The Supreme Court...
