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Birthright citizenship has been part of our constitution for over 150 years. The Trump administration wants to change that. Here are the facts: bit.ly/44Tm6Mn
Birthright Citizenship Under the U.S. Constitution
The 14th Amendment has long been understood to grant American citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil.
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December 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Birthright citizenship has been part of our constitution for over 150 years. The Trump administration wants to change that. Here are the facts: bit.ly/44Tm6Mn
A former senior immigration policy official explains how the immigration system works, what has changed under the Trump administration, and what needs to be fixed most urgently. bit.ly/3LSrLet
An Insider’s View of the Immigration System
A former senior immigration policy official offers insight into how the system works and highlights urgent problems that must be addressed.
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December 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A former senior immigration policy official explains how the immigration system works, what has changed under the Trump administration, and what needs to be fixed most urgently. bit.ly/3LSrLet
At the Supreme Court, a private prison company is seeking a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability. More on the case: bit.ly/4pfafj2
Supreme Court Considers Private Prison Case
A private prison company seeks a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability.
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December 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
At the Supreme Court, a private prison company is seeking a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability. More on the case: bit.ly/4pfafj2
Birthright citizenship has been part of our constitution for over 150 years. The Trump administration wants to change that. Here are the facts: bit.ly/44Tm6Mn
Birthright Citizenship Under the U.S. Constitution
The 14th Amendment has long been understood to grant American citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil.
www.brennancenter.org
December 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Birthright citizenship has been part of our constitution for over 150 years. The Trump administration wants to change that. Here are the facts: bit.ly/44Tm6Mn
The Trump administration and its supporters have made numerous threats to revoke the citizenship of political foes who are naturalized citizens — but if the government tries to follow through, it will have an uphill legal battle. bit.ly/4rh6WJT
How the Supreme Court Rejected Denaturalization as a Political Weapon Long Ago
New threats to strip opponents of citizenship recall a dark history.
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December 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The Trump administration and its supporters have made numerous threats to revoke the citizenship of political foes who are naturalized citizens — but if the government tries to follow through, it will have an uphill legal battle. bit.ly/4rh6WJT
Judges from diverse demographic and professional backgrounds can reduce bias, improve decision-making, and build public trust. Read our latest State Supreme Court Diversity report: bit.ly/3JW6lN6
December 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Judges from diverse demographic and professional backgrounds can reduce bias, improve decision-making, and build public trust. Read our latest State Supreme Court Diversity report: bit.ly/3JW6lN6
The president can’t do much to stop states from enacting and enforcing AI safety laws — and courts and state governments should know this. bit.ly/3Y0drDI
Trump’s AI Order Is More Bark than Bite
While the executive order has created uncertainty for the many states that have passed artificial intelligence policies to protect their residents, its impact falls short of its menacing rhetoric.
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December 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The president can’t do much to stop states from enacting and enforcing AI safety laws — and courts and state governments should know this. bit.ly/3Y0drDI
Courts are using originalist arguments to expand executive power in democracy-eroding ways. Our latest guide for litigators equips lawyers with the strategies, arguments, and citations they need to push back. bit.ly/48MyFJV
Countering Originalism
This guide offers lawyers strategies, arguments, and citations to address originalist claims they encounter in litigation.
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December 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Courts are using originalist arguments to expand executive power in democracy-eroding ways. Our latest guide for litigators equips lawyers with the strategies, arguments, and citations they need to push back. bit.ly/48MyFJV
Outdated laws give presidents sweeping power to use the military at home to suppress protests and make mass arrests in times of war and domestic upheaval. Congress must repeal the Alien Enemies Act, close the loopholes in the Posse Comitatus Act, and reform the Insurrection Act. bit.ly/4oxXJLN
Outdated and Dangerous
Antiquated laws from the 1700s and 1800s give the president tremendous power to use the military at home to quash protests and order mass arrests in times of war and domestic upheaval.
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December 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Outdated laws give presidents sweeping power to use the military at home to suppress protests and make mass arrests in times of war and domestic upheaval. Congress must repeal the Alien Enemies Act, close the loopholes in the Posse Comitatus Act, and reform the Insurrection Act. bit.ly/4oxXJLN
It's vital that we have free and fair elections in 2026, even amid the federal government's unprecedented campaign to undermine them. That's where the Brennan Center comes in. Donald Trump has his plan; so do we. bit.ly/3Y72AYH
A Year of Challenge and Hope for American Democracy
As our Constitution is tested, citizens respond.
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December 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It's vital that we have free and fair elections in 2026, even amid the federal government's unprecedented campaign to undermine them. That's where the Brennan Center comes in. Donald Trump has his plan; so do we. bit.ly/3Y72AYH
Social media monitoring systems, cellphone location tracking, facial recognition, remote hacking tools — now being turned on Americans by ICE to target protesters. bit.ly/3Kq348R
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
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December 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Social media monitoring systems, cellphone location tracking, facial recognition, remote hacking tools — now being turned on Americans by ICE to target protesters. bit.ly/3Kq348R
The Posse Comitatus Act has long prohibited using federal troops for routine law enforcement. bit.ly/47Qbde5
Why the Posse Comitatus Act Must Be Reformed
Significant exceptions and loopholes, along with a lack of enforcement mechanisms, undermine the law that prevents military involvement in law enforcement.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Posse Comitatus Act has long prohibited using federal troops for routine law enforcement. bit.ly/47Qbde5
An antidemocratic Supreme Court ruling means that Texans will vote in the 2026 midterms using a map that a trial court found had been aggressively redrawn to target the seats of five Black and Latino members of Congress. bit.ly/44BBnku
The Supreme Court Messes with Texas’s Voting Map
The ruling leaves Texans voting using a racially discriminatory congressional map in 2026.
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December 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
An antidemocratic Supreme Court ruling means that Texans will vote in the 2026 midterms using a map that a trial court found had been aggressively redrawn to target the seats of five Black and Latino members of Congress. bit.ly/44BBnku
Our new, one-of-a-kind guide for litigators, Countering Originalism, equips lawyers with the strategies, arguments, and citations they need to address the originalist arguments they encounter in their cases. bit.ly/4iQ1v0B
Countering Originalism
This guide offers lawyers strategies, arguments, and citations to address originalist claims they encounter in litigation.
www.brennancenter.org
December 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Our new, one-of-a-kind guide for litigators, Countering Originalism, equips lawyers with the strategies, arguments, and citations they need to address the originalist arguments they encounter in their cases. bit.ly/4iQ1v0B
The Supreme Court will soon decide if the president's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act was a lawful way to detain thousands of noncitizens without due process outside of wartime. Listen to experts discuss the topic in the latest episode of The Briefing with Michael Waldman. bit.ly/48SQYPc
December 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Supreme Court will soon decide if the president's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act was a lawful way to detain thousands of noncitizens without due process outside of wartime. Listen to experts discuss the topic in the latest episode of The Briefing with Michael Waldman. bit.ly/48SQYPc
Presidential power is the great constitutional issue of 2025. This epic power grab has not gone unchallenged. We recap this year's defining challenges and the response by courts, advocates, and the public. bit.ly/3Y72AYH
A Year of Challenge and Hope for American Democracy
As our Constitution is tested, citizens respond.
www.brennancenter.org
December 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Presidential power is the great constitutional issue of 2025. This epic power grab has not gone unchallenged. We recap this year's defining challenges and the response by courts, advocates, and the public. bit.ly/3Y72AYH
Trump’s expanded entry ban targets Muslims and Africans abroad and punishes businesses and U.S. citizens at home
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bit.ly/4b48pO3
New Entry Bans, Same Faulty Reasoning
The expanded entry ban targets Muslims and Africans abroad and punishes businesses and U.S. citizens at home.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Trump’s expanded entry ban targets Muslims and Africans abroad and punishes businesses and U.S. citizens at home
bit.ly/4b48pO3
bit.ly/4b48pO3
At the Supreme Court, a private prison company is seeking a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability. More on the case: bit.ly/4pfafj2
Supreme Court Considers Private Prison Case
A private prison company seeks a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability.
www.brennancenter.org
December 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
At the Supreme Court, a private prison company is seeking a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability. More on the case: bit.ly/4pfafj2
By its own admission, ICE now poses a serious threat to Americans’ free speech and privacy rights. bit.ly/3Kq348R
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
By its own admission, ICE now poses a serious threat to Americans’ free speech and privacy rights. bit.ly/3Kq348R
The Supreme Court has announced that it’s going to hear arguments on President Trump’s order rescinding birthright citizenship. The text and history ought to make this an open-and-shut case. bit.ly/40oplbc
Presidents Can’t End Birthright Citizenship
President Trump's executive order is almost certain to be struck down.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Supreme Court has announced that it’s going to hear arguments on President Trump’s order rescinding birthright citizenship. The text and history ought to make this an open-and-shut case. bit.ly/40oplbc
The Trump administration and its supporters have made numerous threats to revoke the citizenship of political foes who are naturalized citizens — but if the government tries to follow through, it will have an uphill legal battle. bit.ly/4rh6WJT
How the Supreme Court Rejected Denaturalization as a Political Weapon Long Ago
New threats to strip opponents of citizenship recall a dark history.
www.brennancenter.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The Trump administration and its supporters have made numerous threats to revoke the citizenship of political foes who are naturalized citizens — but if the government tries to follow through, it will have an uphill legal battle. bit.ly/4rh6WJT
The president cannot preempt state AI regulations through an executive order. The Constitution doesn’t give him this power, and Congress hasn’t delegated it. bit.ly/3Y0drDI
Trump’s AI Order Is More Bark than Bite
While the executive order has created uncertainty for the many states that have passed artificial intelligence policies to protect their residents, its impact falls short of its menacing rhetoric.
www.brennancenter.org
December 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The president cannot preempt state AI regulations through an executive order. The Constitution doesn’t give him this power, and Congress hasn’t delegated it. bit.ly/3Y0drDI
The national security justifications for the Trump administration’s expanded entry ban are just an excuse to target Muslims and Africans bit.ly/4b48pO3
New Entry Bans, Same Faulty Reasoning
The expanded entry ban targets Muslims and Africans abroad and punishes businesses and U.S. citizens at home.
www.brennancenter.org
December 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The national security justifications for the Trump administration’s expanded entry ban are just an excuse to target Muslims and Africans bit.ly/4b48pO3
Bush v. Gore exposed inconsistent standards across thousands of election jurisdictions nationwide that have only amplified with growing polarization. Hear from Ben Ginsberg, President George W. Bush’s lawyer in the case, in the latest episode of The Briefing with Michael Waldman. bit.ly/4atSVTf
December 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Bush v. Gore exposed inconsistent standards across thousands of election jurisdictions nationwide that have only amplified with growing polarization. Hear from Ben Ginsberg, President George W. Bush’s lawyer in the case, in the latest episode of The Briefing with Michael Waldman. bit.ly/4atSVTf
Courts are using originalist arguments to expand executive power, weaken long-standing rights and protections, and entrench inequality. It’s crucial that lawyers push back. Our new guide shows you how. bit.ly/4iQ1v0B
Art Credit: Adrià Fruitos
Art Credit: Adrià Fruitos
December 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Courts are using originalist arguments to expand executive power, weaken long-standing rights and protections, and entrench inequality. It’s crucial that lawyers push back. Our new guide shows you how. bit.ly/4iQ1v0B
Art Credit: Adrià Fruitos
Art Credit: Adrià Fruitos