Chapter 1: Historical background on the Fourteenth Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment confirms that African Americans are indeed U.S. citizens / Akhil Reed Amar
The Fourteenth Amendment emerged out of an earlier civil rights act / Kenneth L. Karst
It is absurd to consider former slaves anything other than full citizens / James F. Wilson
The Fourteenth Amendment would establish federal despotism over the individual states / A.J. Rogers
Reconstruction inspired political debate and public violence / Eric Foner
The Fourteenth Amendment will help America fulfill its promise / Thaddeus Stevens
America committed itself to citizenship for people of all ethnicities / Earl Warren
Chapter 2: Testing the Fourteenth Amendment's citizenship clause
The Fourteenth Amendment ensures citizenship to all people born on U.S. soil / Horace Gray
The Fourteenth Amendment's citizenship clause is contrary to legal tradition and sets a dangerous precedent / Melville Fuller
A naturalized U.S. citizen cannot have his or her citizenship taken away without consent / Hugo Black
The Fourteenth Amendment does not guarantee citizenship in all circumstances / John Marshall Harlan
Individual states cannot deny public education to the children of undocumented immigrants / William Brennan
Chapter 3: Citizenship controversies in contemporary America
The Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of birthright citizenship should be changed / Ron Paul
Current debates over citizenship for immigrants recall arguments from earlier times / Garrett Epps
Illegal immigrants abuse the Fourteenth Amendment by having babies in the United States / Dmitri Vasillaros
Recent immigrants and their babies are no threat / Priscilla Huang
The Fourteenth Amendment allows for dual citizenship and divided loyalties / Allan Wall
Despite an increase in dual citizenship, most immigrants are loyal to the United States / Michael Barone.