Who Gets To Be a Citizen?
Topics discussed
Intro and sponsor: AdoptUSKids
Japanese internment and the loyalty questionnaire
The Tanaka family and forced renunciation of citizenship
Introduction to Professor Elizabeth Joh
Defining birthright citizenship globally
The 14th Amendment and historical context
Dred Scott and the purpose of the 14th Amendment
Debates over the scope of the Citizenship Clause
United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898)
Native American exclusion and modern challenges
Trump's Executive Order 14160 and its targets
Government arguments in Trump v. Barbara
Practical nightmares of revoking citizenship
Majority opinion in Trump v. Barbara
Justice Sotomayor's concurring opinion
Dissents by Justices Thomas and Gorsuch
Political reactions and future legislative moves
Sponsor break: AdoptUSKids
Broader context of immigration attacks
History of denaturalization and Emma Goldman
Afroyim v. Rusk and the end of mass denaturalization
Modern grounds for denaturalization
The naturalization questionnaire and minor offenses
Trump administration's denaturalization surge
Restoring citizenship for Japanese Americans
Outro and sponsors
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