Trump v. Barbara · ¶234

The evidence from the decades following ratification confirms that the Citizenship Clause was understood to exclude the children of temporary visitors. There was frequently expressed, enduring, and widespread agreement, from the Reconstruction Congress through the end of the 19th century (and even into the 20th), that the Citizenship Clause did not guarantee citizenship to persons not domiciled here. The Executive Branch, Congress, courts, States, lawyers, scholars, and commentators generally shared this understanding.

slip opinion, revised 7/01/26
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