Pleased to post my draft article, “Discovering the Historical Anglo-American Constitution.”
I study the history of birthright citizenship from the 1100s to the 1700s. The English common-law rule of natural-born subjects was always tied to territory and jurisdiction. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Supreme Court opinions are coming!
And Georgia State’s experts are at the ready to help provide analysis for some of the most awaited decisions, including @andrewwillinger.bsky.social, @jvagle.me, and @espinsegall.bsky.social, in addition to me.
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Alito/Kagan are focused on marijuana, saying it's an easy case bc many Americans use marijuana occasionally with implicit permission from the fed gov’t – certainly true, but difficult to see how Bruen sanctions this evolution (was a marijuana & guns ban const'l in 1968 and later became unconst'l?)
It’s a narrow ruling that doesn’t settle all/most applications of this specific provision: someone under the influence of drugs when they have a gun or using drugs so frequently it affects their daily life could still be prosecuted & fed law enforcement may focus more on obtaining this evidence