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    Born In The USA (For Now?): Can President Trump End Birthright Citizenship for Children of Undocumented Immigrants?

    February 17, 2025By Jordan Basit

      The first sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution states: “[a]ll persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”[i]  Birthright citizenship has been a cornerstone of American identity ever since the Fourteenth Amendment was […]

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    Blind Justice? Rethinking Colorblindness in the 14th Amendment

    October 17, 2024By Jordan Basit

    The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment serves as the most important words in the Constitution to ensure equality in the United States. However, there are two prominent interpretations of the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment: the Anti-Classification and the Anti-Subordination views.[i] The Anti-Classification view, currently employed by the Supreme Court, contends that any […]

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