birthright

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It’s the latter portion — “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” — that leaves room for interpretation, forming the beachhead upon which legal arguments against birthright citizenship have been mounted.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

I’m the beneficiary of birthright citizenship three times over.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

He also pushed Sauer to say whether his rule would deny birthright citizenship to all Native people, which the solicitor general could not answer definitively.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

Justice Neil Gorsuch, whom Trump appointed to the court, questioned how to square arguments against Trump’s order with the current birthright citizenship exception for children of Native American tribes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

I had tried to sell my birthright for a mess of pottage.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover