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12 J. Glob. Just. & Pub. Pol'y 1 (2026)

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      BIRTHRIGHT  CITIZENSHIP AND  PRESIDENTIAL  POWER

                    William G. Hyland Jr.t

I. INTRODUCTION
II. EXECUTIVE ORDERS
       A. Historical Context
       B. The President's 'EO'
       C. Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern
          Border
       D. Commander   in Chief Presidential Authority Over
          Foreign Affairs
III. LEGAL PRINCIPLES OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP
       A. Historical Context: Birthright Citizenship's
          Original Meaning
       B. Early Case Law Supporting 'Subject to its
          Jurisdiction'
       C. The Fourteenth Amendment: Jurisdiction in the
          Citizenship Clause
IV. ALIEN ENEMIES ACT
       A. History of the Act
       B. Federal Courts on the Constitutionality of the AEA
       C. What  Constitutes an 'Invasion'?
       D. The AEA  Used Against Drug Cartels
       E. Ludecke v Watkins: War Powers
V. A 'POLITICAL' QUESTION
       A. The President's Executive Order: A Nonjusticiable
          Political Question
VI. WONG KIMARK  REVISITED
       A. Birthright Citizenship: Misreading the Holding
       B. The Dissent
VII. CONCLUSION
       A. The Supreme Court
       B. Amending the Constitution