Trump v. Barbara · ¶40

Even putting the common law to one side, the Citizenship Clause’s key phrase—“subject to the jurisdiction”—requires the same result. The word “jurisdiction” was hardly unknown to the drafters and ratifiers of the Fourteenth Amendment. Congress chose to use an established legal term and the Clause must be interpreted in that light.

slip opinion, revised 7/01/26
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