Arms and the Citizenship Issue

By Stephen P. Halbrook
The Volokh Conspiracy
December 8, 2025

Now that the Supreme Court has granted cert in Trump v. Barbara, the meaning of the Citizenship Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment should be definitively clarified. There are numerous collateral issues that are stake besides whether a birth certificate reflects citizenship. One of those is whether the person may lawfully receive or possess firearms.

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“Arms and the Citizenship Issue,” The Volokh Conspiracy, December 8, 2025.