Supreme Court birthright citizenship Archives | Washington Monthly

Democrats’ “Branding Problem” Is a Literal One

by Anne Kim April 5, 2026April 5, 2026

MAGA has mountains of merch. Why don’t Democrats?

Grave Echos: Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, pictured here, wrote the Supreme Court’s 1857 Dred Scott decision, which denied Black Americans citizenship; the Court’s decision in Trump v. Barbara could again create a form of hereditary legal inferiority in America.

Law and Justice

Birthright Citizenship: Supreme Court Could Create an Exploitable Noncitizen Class

by Garrett Epps March 30, 2026March 29, 2026

Law and Justice

Amy Coney Barrett and the Supreme Court Give Birth to a Disaster

by Garrett Epps June 27, 2025June 27, 2025