Amanda Frost

Amanda Frost is the Ann Loeb Bronfman professor of law & government at American University’s Washington College of Law.  She is the author You Are Not American: Citizenship Stripping from Dred Scott to the Dreamers.

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  1. The Question of Who Counts

    When courts consider the prospect of excluding noncitizens from representation, they should bear in mind the country’s past.

    An illustration of the U.S. census and the Statue of Liberty
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  2. The Fragility of American Citizenship

    Some people are learning that their birth or naturalization certificates aren’t enough to prove citizenship—a problem that the Fourteenth Amendment should ideally prevent.

    U.S.-citizenship candidates look at a video presentation as they wait to take the oath of citizenship at a naturalization ceremony.
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