Slavery, Birthright Citizenship, and Today's Upcoming Supreme Court Oral Argument

This article centers academic constitutional expertise (Amar scholars, Lawfare contributors) and frames the Trump administration's birthright citizenship position as fundamentally at odds with originalist constitutional interpretation itself. The framing is left-leaning not because it opposes Trump's position, but because it presents that opposition through the lens of constitutional scholarship and original intent—positioning the administration as internally inconsistent rather than merely wrong on policy grounds.

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• This article does not address arguments made by originalist scholars who support the administration's position or alternative originalist interpretations of 'subject to the jurisdiction'
• This article does not explain the specific language of the January 20, 2025 executive order or its full scope beyond denying birthright citizenship