Books, articles and Research on Birthright Citizenship and the 14^th Amendment to the US Constitution

Recommended Reading - Articles and Research

• Reforming Birthright Citizenship: a Must for U.S. Population Policy, NPG, 2017.
• Birthright Citizenship: A Fundamental Misunderstanding of the 14th Amendment, by Hans A. von Spakovsky, The Heritage Foundation, 2008.
• Anchor Babies: The Children of Illegal Aliens, (Federation for American Immigration Reform)
• Jacob Howard on the Intent of the 14th Amendment Testimony entered into the Congressional Record (1866)
• The 14th amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the dangerous misinterpretation of the birthright citizenship clause by D.A. King (2009)
• Dr. John C. Eastman, Professor of Law, Chapman University School of Law, Director, The Claremont Institute Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, Dual Citizenship, Birthright Citizenship, and the Meaning of Sovereignty - Testimony, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration - Border Security and Claims (September 29, 2005)
  Also see Dr. John C. Eastman video and transcript.
• Born in the U.S.A. - Rethinking Birthright Citizenship in the Wake of 9/11, Congressional testimony of Dr. John C. Eastman, Professor of Law, Chapman University School of Law, Director, The Claremont Institute Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence. Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration - Border Security and Claims (2005) (document)
  Also see Dr. John C. Eastman video and transcript.
• Reapportionment, and United States Census, 2000 (Wikipedia)
• Sarah Adams, The Basic Right of Citizenship, The Social Contract (Summer 1994)
• Tom Andres, End Birthright Citizenship, The Social Contract (Spring, 1999)
• Barefoot, [Arguments for] The Unconstitutionality of the 14th Amendment (April 1997)
• Leon F. Bouvier, The Impact of Immigration on Congressional Representation (Center for Immigration Studies, July, 1988)
• William Buchanan, HR-73 -- Protecting America's Sovereignty, The Social Contract (Fall, 1999) - includes discussion of the related Wong Kim Ark 1898 Supreme Court case
• Steven A. Camarota, The Impact of Non-Citizens on Congressional Apportionment, Testimony prepared for the House Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census (Center for Immigration Studies, December 6, 2005)
• Steven A. Camarota, Rotten Boroughs - Immigration's Effect on the Redistribution of House Seats (Center for Immigration Studies, Fall, 1998)
• William Chip, Not a Birthright, The Social Contract (Fall 1996)
• Madeleine Pelner Cosman, Ph.D., Esq., Illegal Aliens and American Medicine, The Journal of the American Physicians and Surgeons, Volume 10 Number 1 (Spring 2005)
• Tom DeWeese, The Mexican Fifth Column, The Federal Observer (January 27, 2003)
• Tom DeWeese, The Outrages of the Mexican Invasion (American policy Center)
• Edward Erler, Birthright Citizenship and the Constitution (Heritage Foundation, December 1, 2005)
• James Gimpel and John Edwards, Immigration Dilutes the Voting Rights of Citizens, (The Social Contract, Winter 2005)
• Birthright Citizenship: Is it the Right Policy for America?, Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, Jon Feere, Center for Immigration Studies (April 29, 2015)
• Birthright Citizenship in the United States: A Global Comparison, John Feere (Center for Immigration Studies, August, 2010)
• Nations Granting Birthright Citizenship, (NumbersUSA, August 6, 2014)
• Justice Brennan's footnote gave us anchor babies, Ann Coulter (August 4, 2010)
• Joe Guzzardi, 500,000 Anchor Babies A Year?, (VDare.com, March 25, 2005)
• Al Knight, Change U.S. law on anchor babies Denver Post, (June 22, 2005)
• Al Knight, Track 'anchor babies' Denver Post (September 11, 2002)
• Krikorian, Mark Children of Diplomats, Center for Immigration Studies (August 13, 2010)
• P.A. Madison, What 'Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof' Really Means, Federalist Blog (August 10, 2009)
• P.A. Madison, Was U.S. vs. Wong Kim Ark Wrongly Decided?, Federalist Blog (December 10. 2006)
• P.A. Madison, Alien Birthright Citizenship: A Fable That Lives Through Ignorance, Federalist Blog (December 17, 2005)
• P.A. Madison, A Dummies Guide to Understanding the Fourteenth Amendment, Federalist Blog (April 20, 2007)
• P.A. Madison, Former Research Fellow in Constitutional Studies, The UnConstitutionality of Citizenship by Birth to Non-Americans (February 1, 2005)
• P.A. Madison, Why U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark Can Never Be Considered Settled Birthright Law, The Federalist Blog
• Historical Analysis of the Meaning of the 14th Amendment's First Section, P.A. Madison, Federalist Blog, August 26, 2009
• Malkin, Michelle, American Citizenship Draining Away Through 'Citizen Child Loophole, VDare.com (July 03, 2003)
• Dudley. L. Poston, Jr., "The U.S. Census and Congressional apportionment" (Society, 34, March-April 1997, pp.36-44)
• Dudley L. Poston, Jr., Steven A. Camarota, Leon F. Bouvier, Godfrey Jin-Kai Li, and Hong Dan, Remaking the Political Landscape - How Immigration Redistributes Seats in the House (Center for Immigration Studies, October 1998)
• Dudley L. Poston, Jr., Leon F. Bouvier, and Hong Dan , "The Impacts of apportionment Method and Legal and Illegal Immigration on Congressional apportionment in the Year 2000" (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Demographic Association, Orlando, Florida, September 25-27, 1997)
• Dudley L. Poston, Jr., Steven A. Camarota, and Amanda K. Baumle, Remaking the Political Landscape - The Impact of Illegal and Legal Immigration on Congressional Apportionment (Center for Immigration Studies, October 2003)
• Neil Ross, Our Constitution and our Borders (January 1, 2007)
• Peter Schuck, Citizenship Without Consent The Social Contract (Fall, 1996)
  Read the book: Peter H. Schuck and Rogers M. Smith, "Citizenship Without Consent: Illegal Aliens in the American Polity", (Yale Fastback, No 29, 1985), ISBN: 0300035306
• Professors Peter Schuck and Rogers Smith, "Consensual Citizenship" Chronicles (July 1992)
• David Simcox, Universalist Intentions, Particularist Outcomes, The Social Contract (Fall 1995)
• Howard Sutherland, Weigh Anchor! Enforce the Citizenship Clause VDare.com (August 31, 2001) [includes discussion of ratification debates]
• U.S. Supreme Court ELK v. WILKINS, 112 U.S. 94, (Findlaw, 1884)
• U.S. Supreme Court Slaughter-House cases ('Lectric Law Library, 1873)
• U.S. Supreme Court U.S. v. WONG KIM ARK, 169 U.S. 649, 169 U.S. 649, United States v. Wong Kim Ark. No. 132. (CaseLaw, March 28, 1898) [full text of Supreme Court ruling]
• Moses E. Washington, [Auguments that] The 14th Amendment never passed Truth Set Us Free (June 1, 2003)
• "Losing Control of America's Future - the Census, Birthright Citizenship, & Illegal Aliens", Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy (Spring, 1999)
• Charles Wood , Losing Control of America's Future -- Census, Birthright Citizenship & Illegal Aliens, The Social Contract (Spring 2005)
• Charles Wood, Losing Control of the Nation's Future -- Part One -- The Census and Illegal Aliens The Social Contract (Winter 2005) [This article is adapted from a larger paper, "Losing Control of America's Future - the Census, Birthright Citizenship, & Illegal Aliens", Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy (Spring, 1999)]
• Charles Wood, Losing Control of the Nation's Future -- Part Two -- Birthright Citizenship and Illegal Aliens, The Social Contract (Winter, 2005-2006) - includes discussion of the related Wong Kim Ark 1898 Supreme Court case (read the full pdf version of Losing Control of the Nation's Future -- Part Two -- Birthright Citizenship and Illegal Aliens)
• Michael Anton Citizenship shouldn't be a birthright, The Washington Post (July 19, 2018)

Note that several articles referenced above are included in The Social Contract journal Volume 16, Number 2, "The 14th Amendment: what were the intentions of the Amendment's framers?"

Legal and Historical Resources

• The Creation of the 14th Amendment, HarperWeek
• Constitution.org extensive details about the debate and ratification process.
• Cornell Law School
• FindLaw legal resources includes substantial annotations and case references.
• Historical Analysis of the Meaning of the 14th Amendment's First Section, P.A. Madison, Federalist Blog, August 26, 2009
• US Constitution.net
• US National Archives

Reference Links

• Anchor Babies: Part of the Immigration-Related American Lexicon, FAIR resources on Birthright Citizenship
• Center for Immigration Studies
• NumbersUSA.com resources on Birthright Citizenship
• USConstitution.net
• Wikipedia - Birthright citizenship in the United States
• Wikipedia - 14th Amendment

Terminology

• Illegal alien