Birthright Citizenship

For those wondering what to make of President Trump's announcement that he plans an executive order ending the birthright citizenship that most of us thought was embedded in the 14th Amendment, some useful background is in this article from the Summer 2018 issue of National Affairs. It is by Peter Schuck, who is an emeritus professor at Yale Law School, and Rogers Smith, who is professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania and president of the American Political Science Association.