The Birthright-Citizenship Debate Continues
Richard Epstein replies to William Galston—part two.
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What is birthright citizenship, and which countries have it?
The Naturalization Act of 1790 applied to only “free white persons,” but the 14th Amendment that ended slavery in the country also established citizenship for freed Black Americans, ...
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Pregnant women are ‘sad, anxious and confused’ after Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship
The Naturalization Act of 1790 applied to only “free white persons,” and the Supreme Court’s reviled decision in Dred Scott v Sandford in 1857 affirmed that citizenship could not be granted ...
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United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind
Section 2169, Revised Statutes, provides that the provisions of the Naturalization Act "shall apply to aliens ... original framers of the statute in 1790. But in this country, during the last ...