Video 09.16.2015 16:47

Dr. John Eastman on Birthright Citizenship

Dr. John Eastman, Founding Director of the Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, discusses the meaning of the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause.

John Eastman is Founding Director of the Claremont Institute’s Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, and currently serves as the Henry Salvatori Professor of Law & Community Service at Chapman University’s Dale E. Fowler School of Law. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute.

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