Garrett Epps in the Atlantic in July:

I have been writing about the citizenship clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and its meaning for the children of the undocumented, for more than a decade. In a 2006 book, Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America, I traced the drafting of the Amendment and the process by which the Senate added citizenship language in May 1866. In a subsequent scholarly article, “The Citizenship Clause: A ‘Legislative History,’” I reviewed in exhaustive (you’ve been warned) detail the debates over this precise clause. I have written about the birthright citizenship issue for The Atlantichere, here, and here.

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Tyrants

https://twitter.com/Susan_Hennessey/status/1057315666259333120

Pence is willing to flout the Constitution to drive this ridiculous idea into the midterms. Whatever happened to the strict constructionists in the GOP, who found Constitutional certainty in language far less clear that the citizenship provision of the 14th Amendment? https://t.co/ezWNbvmiho

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) October 30, 2018

Know anyone else who needs to brush up on the 14th Amendment? https://t.co/Inlxc6kD2v

— ACLU (@ACLU) October 30, 2018

This is a blatantly unconstitutional attempt to fan the flames of anti-immigrant hatred in the days ahead of the midterms.

The 14th Amendment’s citizenship guarantee is clear. You can’t erase the Constitution with an executive order, @realDonaldTrump. https://t.co/8vGkjOlPsE

— ACLU (@ACLU) October 30, 2018

The 14th Amendment overturned a Supreme