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  "path": "/2026/04/birthright-citizenship-roundup.html",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-01T04:30:00.002Z",
  "site": "https://legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com",
  "tags": [
    "Trump officials cite white supremacists in bid to end birthright citizenship",
    "Trump Is Right on Birthright Citizenship: The 14th Amendment's authors would exclude illegal and visiting aliens from U.S. “jurisdiction.",
    "Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order at Supreme Court Splits Conservative Scholars",
    "The Nonsense Case Against Birthright Citizenship",
    "The Birthright Con"
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  "textContent": "  * From the op-ed pages of the _New York Times_ : \"Trump Says Birthright Citizenship Was Only for the Children of Slaves. He’s Wrong\" -- by **Martha S. Jones** (Johns Hopkins) and **Kate Masur**(Northwestern).\n\n\n  * Over in the _Washington Post_ : \"Trump officials cite white supremacists in bid to end birthright citizenship\" --with quotes from legal historians **Lucy Salyer**(University of New Hampshire) and **Sam Erman** (University of Michigan).\n\n\n  * Over in  _The Economist_ : What the Supreme Court will make of birthright citizenship--with quotes from **Anthony Michael Kreis** (Georgia State University) and **Anna Law** (Brooklyn College).\n\n\n\n  * Over in the _Wall Street Journal_ : **Randy E. Barnett** believes that Trump Is Right on Birthright Citizenship: The 14th Amendment's authors would exclude illegal and visiting aliens from U.S. “jurisdiction.\n\n\n  * The _NYT_ reports that Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order at Supreme Court Splits Conservative Scholars.\n\n\n  * And many legal historians make or criticize what _Mother Jones_ calls The Nonsense Case Against Birthright Citizenship.\n\n\n  *  _Update_ : **Jamelle Bouie** on The Birthright Con (NYT).\n\n\n\nThis Roundup has been compiled by all the Legal History bloggers.",
  "title": "Birthright Citizenship Roundup",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-01T13:26:22.136Z"
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