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On the recordJuly 2, 2026
The Court’s conception of a color-blind Constitution and the Government’s (and principal dissent’s) cramped, group-specific reading of the Citizenship Clause are two sides of the same coin, stemming from a basic misunderstanding of the relevant history.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson

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Justice's critique of the dissenting opinion

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