EMERGENCY Episode 9.5 | Birthright Oral Argument

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The hosts analyze the Supreme Court oral argument regarding President Trump's birthright citizenship executive order and discuss the implications of various legal theories.

Our hosts, law professor Ilan Wurman and Kathryn Johnson, break down what they just heard at the Supreme Court oral argument over President Trump's birthright citizenship executive order. They prognosticate on the result. Wong Kim Ark will not decide this case. Justice Barrett will be the critical vote: what is her theory of what connects ambassadors, invaders, and Indian tribes? What is the government's theory of domicile? What is the plaintiffs' theory of extraterritoriality? They are joine...

People in this episode

Hosts: Ilan Wurman, Kathryn Johnson

Topics covered

• birthright citizenship
• Supreme Court
• executive order
• legal theory
• domicile
• extraterritoriality

Keywords

• birthright citizenship
• Supreme Court
• executive order
• Ilan Wurman
• Kathryn Johnson
• Justice Barrett
• domicile
• extraterritoriality

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Supreme Court, President Trump

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