Justice Harlan and President Trump Are Right About Birth Tourism
The Supreme Court should follow Justice Harlan’s lead: Children of illegal aliens are citizens at birth, but children born to pregnant women on temporary tourist visas are not.
Josh Blackman
Constitutionalism
April 30, 2026
Civitas Outlook
Chicago’s “Disappearing Middle Class” Can Be Found in Its Proliferating Upper Middle-Class Neighborhoods
The middle class has not been hollowed out; rather, the overall decline stems from the net movement of families upward into the upper-middle class.
Scott Winship
Economic Dynamism
April 30, 2026
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Symposium on Associate Justice Clarence Thomas’s Remarks on the Declaration of Independence