Who truly qualifies as an American citizen?

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Dear John,

The Claremont Institute’s Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence ([link removed] ) , led by Dr. John C. Eastman ([link removed] ) , has filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to reconsider automatic citizenship for children of temporary visitors and those here illegally.

The case, Barbara v. Trump, offers a historic opportunity to correct decades of confusion surrounding the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause. At stake is whether citizenship extends to anyone born on American soil—or only to those born to parents fully subject to U.S. jurisdiction, as the amendment’s framers intended.

As our brief explains, the Fourteenth Amendment codified the 1866 Civil Rights Act, which granted citizenship only to those “not subject to any foreign power.” This principle, rooted in the Declaration of Independence, replaced the feudal idea of birthright subjectship with one of mutual allegiance and consent.

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“The Supreme Court should formally settle the true scope of the Citizenship Clause and restore the Founders’ intention to condition citizenship on genuine allegiance and consent.”

—CCJ Founding Director Dr. John Eastman

Dr. John Eastman ([link removed] )

The Supreme Court must now decide what it means to be an American. Claremont is making the case.

The meaning of American citizenship hangs in the balance. Join us in restoring the Founders’ intent.

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