Category: 14th Amendment
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Yet Another Modest Proposal
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2026 (Oct. 4, 2026) — As faithful P&E readers will recall, over the years your humble servant has made several “modest proposals” seeking to address unresolved issues then percolating in the Republic. Most, if not all of those proposals, have dealt with the “birthright citizenship” and “natural born Citizen” (“nbC”) matters under…
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The Fallout From Trump v. Barbara
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2026 (Aug. 22, 2026) — INTRODUCTION The recent SCOTUS decision in Trump v. Barbara – holding, among other things, that if born here on U.S. soil, the child of an illegal alien or a foreigner unlawfully present here is nonetheless a U.S. citizen – continues to produce fallout. While technically not radioactive,…
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In Defense of Professor Ilan Wurman
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2026 (Jul. 31, 2026) — Professor who? … you may ask. Pay attention, faithful P&E readers, as the following will give you a better understanding of the intellectual goo that presently passes for “viewpoint tolerance” and “academic integrity” on many of the Republic’s university and college campuses, especially in the law “schools”…
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86 – nbC
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2026 (Jul. 26, 2026) — Introduction The following offering on the “birthright citizenship” decision in Trump v. Barbara picks up where your humble servant’s initial offering left off. Specifically, it will address in greater detail the remote – yet now thanks to the Barbara decision – actual potential for the neutering…
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Trump vs Barbara–Too Much Thinking and Not Enough Wisdom
by Leonard Daneman, paraleaglenm, ©2026 (Jul. 13, 2026) — The U.S. Supreme Court accomplished nothing in the Trump vs Barbara [henceforth cited as Barbara] case except to preserve the ‘national consensus’ that the constitution guarantees that all children born on U.S. soil are U.S. citizens. Of course, children of ‘invaders’ are not citizens,[1] and any person entering our country…
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New Book Announced: We the Sheeple | by Lexi Fehr
We the Sheeple | by Lexi Fehr | via CDR Kerchner (Ret)’s Blog (Jul. 3, 2026) — Author’s Book Description from Amazon.com Listing: What if one of the Constitution’s most important safeguards has been quietly ignored, not through open defiance, but through misunderstanding, neglect, and the slow erosion of historical memory? For more than eighteen…
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Birthright Citizenship, the 14th Amendment and the Inertia of Indifference
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2026 (Jun. 30, 2026) — [Author’s Note: A more detailed analysis will follow after the opinion (and the dissents) are more carefully reviewed.] Heads up, faithful P&E readers: this is big. The Supreme Court has released its decision in Trump v. Barbara, the “birthright citizenship” case that has attracted much attention since…
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Was the Creation of Birthright Citizenship by the 1898 Wong Kim Ark Case a Strategic Invasion, Supported by ‘Capitalists?’
by Leonard Daneman, paraleaglenm, ©2026 (May 7, 2026) — Sen. Rand Paul submitted a bill to congress creating birthright citizenship in legislated act for children of aliens ‘lawfully domiciled,’ and not for children of illegal aliens. However, he cannot do this without first fully interpreting the exact meaning of the 14th Amendment, which grants ‘native…
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Birthright Citizenship: American Sovereignty Dangling By a Thread in the Supreme Court
by Allan Wall, Border Hawk, ©2026 (Apr. 12, 2026) — The news is full of foreign policy crises, scandals, conflicts, and trends in all directions. However, a current case before the U.S. Supreme Court tops it all. It’s the birthright citizenship case, which determines the future of our nation and what sort of country it…
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BORN IN THE USA: The Case Against Birthright Citizenship | by Dinesh D’Souza
reposted by CDR Charles F. Kerchner, Jr. (Ret), blogging at cdrkerchner (Apr. 7, 2026) — The case against birthright citizenship seems straightforward and persuasive. Is it really right for an eight-month pregnant Mexican woman to illegally cross the Rio Grande, give birth, and be allowed to stay in America because her newborn child is now…
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Mark Levin Messes Up Again
by Leonard Daneman, paraleaglenm.com, ©2026 (Apr. 6, 2026) — Last week, he said Wong Kim Ark’s father was naturalized. NOPE. On Sunday, he stated that there were no 1868 laws restricting immigration. WRONG AGAIN Ten minutes into his Easter Sunday ‘Life, Liberty and Levin’ show, Mark exclaimed, and in no uncertain language that, “There were…
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Birthright Citizenship is National Suicide
by Daniel Greenfield, New American Prophet, ©2026 (Apr. 4, 2026) — Last year the Trump administration designated Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) as a terrorist group allowing the military to carry out strikes against it and its leadership, but the massive drug cartel across the border understands the weaknesses of our system all too well. That’s…
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The Trump v. Barbara Oral Arguments Fallout
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2026 (Apr. 3, 2026) — Well, the oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara, the “birthright citizenship” case, are over and the matter is now under advisement with SCOTUS. Interested readers can view the transcript here. And as usual, the armchair pontificators are busily at work tapping out their predictions on their keyboards…,…
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Birthright Citizenship Eligibility – Allegiance and Legal Domicile are the Keys -U. S. Solicitor General’s Opening Arguments in Birthright Citizenship Case
by CDR Charles F. Kerchner, Jr. (Ret), blogging at cdrkerchner, ©2026 (Apr. 3, 2026) — Watch and Listen – Allegiance is the Key and Lawful Permanent Domicile Helps Establish It : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuWhShQJVeo Also Read these Quotable Quotes from History Regarding Citizenship : https://cdrkerchner.wordpress.com/2024/06/14/quotable-quotes-re-citizenship-kinds-allegiance-and-the-presidential-eligibility-clause-in-the-united-states-constitution/ CDR Charles Kerchner, P.E. (Retired)Author: “Natural Born Citizen”and “Kerchner v Obama – The Advertorial Campaign“https://www.kerchner.com/books/catalog.htmhttps://cdrkerchner.wordpress.comhttps://www.scribd.com/user/52640192/protectourliberty/listshttp://www.protectourliberty.org
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“Birthright Citizenship” Oral Argument to Take Place Wednesday Morning
by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 31, 2026) — On Wednesday beginning at 10:00 AM EDT, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Trump, et al. v Barbara, et al., known colloquially as the “birthright citizenship” case. On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14160 titled, “PROTECTING THE MEANING AND VALUE OF AMERICAN…
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A Brief Review of Nationality Law
by Leonard Daneman, paraleaglenm, ©2026 (Mar. 20, 2026) — Author’s Note: If parents have existing foreign citizenship, the 14th Amendment ‘born in the United States’ citizenship at birth clause DOES NOT APPLY to their children. WHY? Because the child already has the citizenship of their parents. The 14th Amendment was drafted from the 1866 Civil Rights…
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The SEIU Phantom Sob Stories
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2026 (Feb. 27, 2026) — Introduction The “birthright citizenship” saga continues with the filing of a series of amicus curiae briefs in the Trump v. Barbara “birthright citizenship” case now pending in the Supreme Court. One of the latest is the brief of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), opposing, of course,…
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Exclusive: Yahoo AI: Vattel “Primary Authority” on “natural born Citizen”
by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 26, 2026) — On Wednesday, “Scout,” Yahoo!’s artificial intelligence tool, asserted to longtime P&E reader Creg Maroney that Emmerich de Vattel is “the primary legal authority” on the Article II term “natural born Citizen.” The Framers settled on just three requirements for the President and Commander-in-Chief contained in Article II, Section…
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Don’t Rock the Boat
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2026 (Feb. 22, 2026) — The Brief of the Barbara Respondents (“BRB”) in Trump v. Barbara, the “birthright citizenship” case now pending in the Supreme Court, has been filed. Unsurprisingly, it regurgitates the same shopworn arguments already offered up in opposition to President Trump’s Executive Order (“EO”) 14160, i.e., that virtually anyone…
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April Fool’s Day, 2026
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2026 (Feb. 7, 2026) — INTRODUCTION The Supreme Court has set April 1, 2026 as the date the Justices will hear oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara, the much anticipated “birthright citizenship” case. With any kind of luck, the Court will uphold President Trump’s efforts to end automatic “birthright citizenship” for every…