Brothers in Law is a recurring series by brothers Akhil and Vikram Amar, with special emphasis on measuring what the Supreme Court says against what the Constitution itself says. For more content from ...

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday on whether all children born in the United States can continue to ...

While I have written multiple posts for SCOTUSblog on birthright citizenship, a substantial part of my practice is litigating ...

One of the most important Supreme Court rulings expected this year is whether to uphold the constitutional protection that babies born in the U.S. are citizens.

What is a citizen? What defines citizenship? Is it a set of rights and privileges? Or is it a set of duties and obligations? Or perhaps some of both? More philosophically, is citizenship something ...

A wrong Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship could permanently alter American citizenship and entitle children to welfare, the author warns.