This list includes the latest research on birthright citizenship posted to SSRN in 2025.
- Revisiting the Scope of Constitutional Birthright Citizenship by Samuel Estreicher (New York University School of Law) & Rudra Reddy (New York University School of Law)
- The Consequences of Ending Birthright Citizenship by Jacob Hamburger (Cornell University)
- Birthright Citizenship and the Dunning School of Unoriginal Meanings by Anthony Michael Kreis (Georgia State University), Evan D. Bernick (Northern Illinois University), & Paul A. Gowder (Northwestern University)
- Ending Birthright Citizenship By Executive Fiat by Ediberto Roman (Florida International University)
- Calvin’s Case and Birthright Citizenship by Benjamin Keener (University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School)
- Originalism, Illegal Immigration, and the Citizenship Clause by Andrew Hyman (The Institute for Intermediate Study)
- Prima Facie Citizenship: Birth, Allegiance and the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause by Kurt Lash (University of Richmond School of Law)
- Testimony of Amanda Frost before the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, “‘Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof’: Birthright Citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment,” Feb. 25, 2025 by Amanda Frost (University of Virginia School of Law)
- “Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof”?: Citizenship and Empire in Elk v. Wilkins by Alexandra Fay (University of Tulsa College of Law)
- Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof: The Indian Law Context by Gregory Ablavsky (Stanford Law School) & Bethany Berger (University of Iowa)
- Cthulhu and the Constitution by Evan D. Bernick (Northern Illinois University)
- Dred Scott’s Daughter: Gradual Emancipation, Freedom Suits, and the Citizenship Clause by Amanda Frost (University of Virginia School of Law)
- Jurisdiction and Citizenship by Ilan Wurman (University of Minnesota Law School)
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