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Steve Vladeck @steve_vladeck
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“Birthright citizenship was a mistake whose time has gone.”

washingtonpost.com/opinions/citiz…

Except that, contrary to what this op-ed argues, #SCOTUS really did settle this issue in 1898:

scholar.google.com/scholar_case?c…
Here’s the key passage from United States v. Wong Kim Ark:
One can argue that #SCOTUS got it wrong, but it would take the Court overruling itself or a constitutional amendment to change that rule; doing it by Executive Order would be unconstitutional.
Here’s Fifth Circuit Judge Jim Ho’s thoughtful @GB2d article on the subject:

gibsondunn.com/wp-content/upl…
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