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"path": "/volokh/2026/03/02/slavery-and-birthright-citizenship/",
"publishedAt": "2026-03-03T02:47:31.000Z",
"site": "https://reason.com",
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"textContent": "All the Trump Administration's arguments for denying birthright ctizenship to children of undocumented immigrants are at odds with the main purpose of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment - granting citizenshp to freed slaves and their descendants.",
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