A Legal History of Birthright Citizenship (In Under 3 Minutes!)

'It's a new world, it's the same constitution'More than 150 years ago, the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified after the Civil War to overturn Dred Scott v. Sandford and make one thing clear: if you are born on U.S. soil, you are a citizen. That principle has held for generations through waves of immigration, political backlash, and changing global conditions. So when today’s arguments try to say the world is different and the Constitution should bend with it, Chief Justice John Roberts pushed back with a reminder that cuts through the noise: it may be a new world, but it’s the same Constitution. Get full access to Yo, Miss! at saribethrosenberg.substack.com/subscribe