Bingham brings in Charles Sumner’s famous “Freedom National; Slavery Sectional” argument here.

Just in case the message wasn’t entirely clear, Bingham circled back to this theme of birthright citizenship toward the end of his speech.

It is notable that Bingham opened his speech by framing the 14th Amendment as a consequence of a war to throughly vanquish (and atone for) the system of slavery, and he includes in this the principle that “all persons born within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be citizens thereof.”

“It is known the world over that the American experiment of representative government rested upon the great fact that all men, irrespective of race, color or origin…were equal in the rights of person….,” said Bingham.

“Let no one answer what I have said by the state cry, `This is a white man’s government!‘,” continued Bingham. ”Let it be borne in mind that this is the government of men representing every people and kindred and tongue under the whole heavens…”

what follows immediately after the birthright clause? the privileges and immunities and due process clauses? and what follows them? the equal protection clause. all of this is explicitly to say, "the declaration is the constitutional law of the land"

the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality

dred scott, in their minds, established the united states as a place of tiered citizenship and permanent inequality among americans. it was a ruling that said, in effect, that all men *were not* created equal and would *never* be treated as such.

This really has been John Roberts life work. He was one of the most vocal and strident anti-voting rights act flunkies in the Reagan Justice Department and now he can see his dream come to fruition.

Other examples:
- Trump v Anderson (14AS3)
- Shelby Co v Holder (15A)
- Dobbs v Jackson (14AS1 due process, but also 13A)