Supreme Court Has Spoken But Constitutional Debate is Far From Over on Birthright Citizenship
By: John C. Eastman | Commentary. The Federalist
Lincoln believed self-government requires citizens and their representatives to continue reasoning together about the meaning of the Constitution, even after courts have spoken.
The Supreme Court has spoken. Now what?
That question has confronted the nation before. In 1857, the Supreme Court believed it had settled one of the most consequential constitutional controversies in American history. In Dred Scott v. Sandford, Chief Justice Roger Taney declared that persons of African descent could never become citizens of the United States and that Congress lacked authority to prohibit slavery in the territories. Many believed the court had spoken the final constitutional word.
Abraham Lincoln disagreed. His admi...