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Fourteenth Amendment
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ArticleVol. 102 · Iss. 6
Foreword: The Curiously Minor Role of Minor v. Happersett
This symposium marks the 150th anniversary of Minor v. Happersett, a Supreme Court decision unanimously holding that the Fourteenth Amendment’s Privileges or Immunities Clause…
Susan Frelich Appleton, Travis Crum & Hannah Keidan -
ArticleVol. 102 · Iss. 6
Minor v. Happersett, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, And the Supreme Court’s Refusal to Reconstruct America
One hundred and fifty years ago, in the wake of the ratification of the Reconstruction Amendments, the United States Supreme Court decided Minor v.…
Henry L. Chambers, Jr. -
ArticleVol. 102 · Iss. 6
Citizenship and Empire in Elk v. Wilkins
In 1884, the Supreme Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship did not apply to Native Americans. In Elk v. Wilkins,…
Alexandra Fay -
ArticleVol. 102 · Iss. 6
Minor v. Happersett and the Repudiation of Universal Suffrage
Nearly 150 years ago, Minor v. Happersett rejected a constitutional challenge to a Missouri law that excluded women from the electorate. Ratification of the…
Ellen D. Katz -
CommentaryVol. 103 · Iss. 1
The Consequences of Ending Birthright Citizenship
On the first day of his second term in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order purporting to deny citizenship to children born…
Jacob Hamburger -
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Birthright Citizenship of Child Born to Enemy Alien Visitors
This is the story of Mogridge v. United States, in which the United States asserted, and a multinational commission held, that a child born…
John Vlahoplus & Michael L. Rosin -
ArticleVol. 101 · Iss. 5
The Debt Limit
Every couple of years, it seems, the debt limit shows up to wreak havoc in American law and public finance. By capping the face…
Conor Clarke