“Birthright citizenship” is the belief that the US Constitution automatically makes anyone born within the United States a citizen of the US even if the child’s parents entered the country illegally. The basis for the birthright citizenship belief is the following provision of the Fourteenth Amendment: “All persons born or naturalized in […]
Ben Mannes: When your tax funds pay for political corruption
How the politicized use of public funds results in rampant waste, fraud, abuse, and corruption.
By Ben Mannes
Jeff Hurvitz: DEI, rescinded
In Philip Roth’s 2000 novel, The Human Stain, protagonist Coleman Silk is a light-skinned black person who poses as a white professor in order to gain a teaching position at a small-town college. After commenting about the ongoing absence of two girls and utilizing a term that was falsely interpreted […]
Howard Lurie: The other side of the birthright citizenship debate
The problem of illegal immigration into the United States at our southern border was a major issue in our recent election. President Trump says that he will address the problem by deporting illegal immigrants. Some have expressed the fear that he will be deporting children born in the United States […]
Christine Flowers: Born in the U.S.A.
There have been some interesting discussions about birthright citizenship, and Trump’s election a few weeks ago has just intensified the interest in the topic. A number of people who are angry at the chaos at the border have jumped right over the normal processes and procedures which would guarantee that […]
Sen. Tracy Pennycuick: Addressing the dangers of AI-generated deepfakes in Pennsylvania
In August, Lancaster County police launched an investigation into a disturbing case involving 20 high school female students. The perpetrator took these teenage girls’ real pictures and used artificial intelligence (AI) technology to generate nude “deepfake” images and distributed them on the internet. Despite the clear harm caused, the district […]
Thomas C. Mandracchia: The exception to the Supreme Court’s originalism — Trump
The originalist Justices missed the mark according to their own philosophy in two recent Trump-related cases.
By Thomas C. Mandracchia
Howard Lurie: Chevron deference was not built to last
The 1984 ruling was overbroad from the beginning. The Court had no choice but to overrule it.
By Howard Lurie
Christine Flowers: Sonia Sotomayor, disrespectfully dissenting
Two liberal justices’ overreaction to a reasonable ruling on immunity discredits them as serious thinkers.
By Christine Flowers
Stu Bykofsky: Limited immunity is not a novel concept
I am no fan of Trump’s, but I am a fan of equal treatment under the law.
By Stu Bykofsky