ImmigrationProf Blog Symposium on the Birthright Citizenship Oral Arguments
The ImmigrationProf Blog hosted a symposium analyzing the oral arguments in a Supreme Court case on birthright citizenship held earlier in April 2026. Various legal scholars contributed posts examining constitutional, historical, and legal aspects of the Citizenship Clause. The symposium includes commentary from experts such as Ilya Somin, Jack Chin, and Ediberto Roman, among others.
- ▪The ImmigrationProf Blog organized a symposium discussing the Supreme Court's oral arguments on birthright citizenship in April 2026.
- ▪Legal scholars including Ilya Somin, Jack Chin, Ediberto Roman, Rachel E. Rosenbloom, and D. Carolina Núñez contributed analyses to the symposium.
- ▪Ilya Somin's contribution builds on his earlier article 'Slavery and Birthright Citizenship' published in Lawfare.
- ▪One of the posts critiques the Solicitor General's arguments in the case titled Trump v. Barbara.
- ▪The symposium explores the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in relation to slavery, constitutional history, and anti-aristocratic principles.
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Immigration ImmigrationProf Blog Symposium on the Birthright Citizenship Oral Arguments A compilation of posts by various legal scholars, including myself. Ilya Somin | 4.30.2026 5:37 PM <img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8063419" src="https://d2eehagpk5cl65.cloudfront.net/img/q60/uploads/2020/05/BabyAmericanFlagDreamstime-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" data-credit="Milla74/Dreamstime" srcset="https://d2eehagpk5cl65.cloudfront.net/img/q60/uploads/2020/05/BabyAmericanFlagDreamstime-300x199.jpg 300w, https://d2eehagpk5cl65.cloudfront.net/img/q60/uploads/2020/05/BabyAmericanFlagDreamstime-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://d2eehagpk5cl65.cloudfront.net/img/q60/uploads/2020/05/BabyAmericanFlagDreamstime-768x510.jpg 768w,…
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