'Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof': Birthright Citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment

Date:

Tue, 02/25/2025 - 2:00 PM

Location:

2141 Rayburn House Office Building

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government will hold a hearing on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. ET. The hearing, "'Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof': Birthright Citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment," will examine the meaning of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and President Trump's recent Executive Order on birthright citizenship.

WITNESSES:

Charles J. Cooper, Chairman and Founding Partner, Cooper & Kirk PLLC - testimony
R. Trent McCotter, Partner, Boyden Gray PLLC - testimony
Matt O'Brien, Director of Investigations, Immigration Reform Law Institute - testimony
Amanda Frost, Professor, University of Virginia School of Law - testimony

Subcommittees

The Constitution and Limited Government (119th Congress)