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Whittington<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-06-01T17:38:33-04:00\">June 1, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The overwhelming weight of evidence indicates that \u201csubject to the jurisdiction\u201d was not used to refer to, or make use of, concepts of \u201callegiance\u201d but rather was routinely used to describe the circumstances in which individuals were under the governing authority of the sovereign. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4894 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-per-curiam tag-birthright-citizenship tag-constitutional-law tag-fourteenth-amendment\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jlpp\/addressing-some-perceived-anomalies-referenced-in-the-trump-v-barbara-oral-argument-samuel-estreicher-rudra-reddy\/\" target=\"_self\" >Addressing Some Perceived Anomalies Referenced in the\u00a0Trump v. 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Kochan<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-24T15:36:55-04:00\">April 24, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">A related lesson to be drawn from the Declaration of Independence that has been underexplored: It was an exercise and exemplar of \u201creason-giving,\u201d arguably kindling by example a custom and culture of reason-giving in American law and politics. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4885 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-per-curiam tag-constitutional-law tag-criminal-procedure tag-fourth-amendment tag-technology tag-third-party-doctrine\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jlpp\/post-carpenter-confusion-to-post-chatrie-clarity-a-shea-daley-burdette\/\" target=\"_self\" >Post-Carpenter\u00a0Confusion to Post-Chatrie Clarity &#8211; A. Shea Daley Burdette<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-24T10:57:09-04:00\">April 24, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">How the Fourth Amendment\u2019s third-party doctrine applies to modern surveillance is, of course, an issue of great importance, the answer to which has sweeping implications. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4872 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-per-curiam tag-grand-jury tag-originalism tag-state-constitutional-law\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jlpp\/the-original-meaning-and-understanding-of-the-investigative-power-of-the-grand-jury-in-the-constitution-of-alaska-savannah-shoffner-richard-garnett\/\" target=\"_self\" >The Original Meaning and Understanding of the Investigative Power of the Grand Jury in the Constitution of Alaska \u2013 Savannah Shoffner &amp; Richard Garnett<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-02T01:25:44-04:00\">April 2, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The investigatory, or reporting, power of grand juries refers to the body\u2019s ability to issue statements on wide-ranging matters of public policy, generally aimed at exposing \u201cinefficiency, neglect, or criminal or quasi-criminal conduct\u201d by government officials. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3857 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-per-curiam tag-birthright-citizenship tag-constitutional-law tag-fourteenth-amendment\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jlpp\/indians-and-citizenship-territorial-birth-parental-status-in-contemporaneous-caselaw-elias-neibart\/\" target=\"_self\" >Indians and Citizenship: Territorial Birth &amp; Parental Status in\u00a0Contemporaneous Caselaw \u2013 Elias Neibart<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-02-24T13:11:35-04:00\">February 24, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Shortly after the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified, courts were asked to determine the citizenship status of litigants and parties before them: Were they Indians or United States citizens? What the following demonstrates is that courts did not adopt a territory-centric view of citizenship. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide is-light\" style=\"padding-top:60px;padding-bottom:60px;min-height:265px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-white-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top has-black-color has-text-color is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-small-font-size\"><strong>From the Archive<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color\"><em>Carson v. 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