- A new brief in the birthright citizenship case by Gerard Magliocca. This one points out the regulation of Roma people in England and the United States. It is a thin amicus brief, as it focuses on a narrow subject, but accurate. So, I don't have much to say. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
- (As an aside, sort of jarring to see a brief use that word, rather than Roma. I’m not well-versed in the relevant politics, eg whether theres been an effort to reclaim the other word, etc., so I could be missing something….)Feb 4, 2026 16:43
- I was struck but that, especially since there is an explicit reference to travelling showmen (“wandering imposters and jugglers”) and one complaint is people treating separate groups (e.g. gypsies, Roma, Irish travellers, other travellers) as the same.
- There is a FN that says Roma is the modern term, but he’s using the other one for consistency between the brief and statements made by the 14A’s framers. I think it’s an attempt to focus on what the architects of the 14A said without causing confusion (or maybe an adverse reaction from justices).
