Trump's birthright citizenship Supreme Court case poised to get history lesson: expert

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two weeks on birthright citizenship, with legal experts examining the 14th Amendment's historical context.

Constitutional rights expert Anna O. Law challenged the myth that pre-19th century America had open borders, noting states actively enforced restrictive migration laws. Law explained that present-day immigration assumptions about poor migrants becoming state dependents originated in the colonial period.

She emphasized that the Amendment's...