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A Brief History of Citizenship in the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

  • by Alex Russell
  • February 13, 2025
  • Self & Society
Historian Gregory Downs explains the complicated history of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, including subsequent laws that undermined equal protections it guaranteed, as well as the court case affirming the definition of birthright citizenship we take for granted today.
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