Category: Social issues

President Trump has moved to constrain birthright citizenship, and a number of constitutional scholars have questioned whether the 14th Amendment in fact requires it. They make serious arguments, but they ultimately misconstrue the 14th Amendment. According to the best reading of the text, all individuals born on American soil are American citizens. The marginal exceptions to this rule tend to prove the rule rather than refute it.

The most practical solution is to uphold federalism and leave education policy completely to the states.

The Take It Down Act’s swift movement from bill to law proves that it’s possible to adopt a targeted approach to regulating AI without derailing innovation.

The ECCA bill, with its $5 billion federal education scholarships, paves the way for financial exploitation by the wealthy and educational discrimination, rather than supporting underprivileged students. Could this massive, opaque program with no oversight soon become law?