THE GREAT DELIBERATION Trump v. Barbara (No. 25-365), the 14th Amendment, and the Question of Federal Citizenship
(alert directory) The United States Supreme Court now stands before one of the most consequential constitutional questions in modern American history: Who was the 14th Amendment originally designed to protect? Was it principally enacted as a remedial constitutional shield for the formerly enslaved chattel population and their descendants — those whom Congress transformed into federal …