Jed H. Shugerman

“K-Pop Demon Hunters” is legit one of the best movies of the year, one of the best kids movies that is also for adults.
Like Inside Out or Spirited Away.

And I’m not even remotely a K-Pop fan… at least until now.
(I didn’t even know “Golden” was a K-Pop song until the Grammys)

U.S. bishops support lawsuit against Trump’s attempt to limit birthright citizenship The U.S. bishops and a Catholic immigration advocacy group were among those who offered their support to a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship.

hey @jedshug.bsky.social we made the Catholic press

www.americamagazine.org/news/2026/02...

This is a *fantastic* brief

Deep track.
Deep cut.
#TheFirstAttemptedEntireLiterstureCutIstheDeepest

Control-F around and find out.

@evanbernick.bsky.social
@jdmortenson.bsky.social

Grateful for your excellent work!

Thank you, Professor Murrray!
We apply original public meaning to show how the government has zero relevant evidence for its theories — and how the government is doing what constitutionalism is supposed to prevent: the revoking of fundamental rights and reversing of democratic commitments.

Another superb amicus brief explaining why the Trump administration's argument against birthright citizenship is bunk--this one on explicitly originalist grounds. Thank you @jedshug.bsky.social @evanbernick.bsky.social and the rest of the team for this sharp brief

Moreover, originalism and updating are not mutually exclusive.
Originalists apply *original principles* to new circumstances, whether new facts, new technologies, or new social understandings. The applications can change. The principles as ratified by the public are the constitutional commitments.

this is a great brief and it appropriately ends with a killshot: the simple observation that if trump's meaning held, the birthright clause would not have overturned dred scott, the one thing it was absolutely meant to do.

Two amicus briefs I enjoyed reading in support of birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court:

@kewhittington.bsky.social’s: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

@evanbernick.bsky.social and @jedshug.bsky.social’s: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

I highly recommend them if y’all have time.

Thank you, Akiva.
More credit goes to @brendanbenedict.bsky.social
@mike-altebrando.bsky.social and
@evanbernick.bsky.social
I'm really proud of our teamwork here. I love this closing paragraph (and I didn't write it, nor did I write the killer intro, which I also love).

Oh my:
"Rather than look for what the Citizenship Clause meant to white supremacists in the 1880s, the Court should start with the common meaning of the words at ratification."

Agree or disagree with Heller's holding or with originalism, I think this is true and unfortunately crucial in this case:

The public meaning “excludes secret or technical meanings that would not have been known to ordinary citizens."
@evanbernick.bsky.social @anthonymkreis.bsky.social @gowder.io

Pretty straightforward from here

3/ I provide more detailed evidence in support of Part IV in this article, with the support of many legal scholars before me:

"An Originalist Case for Birthright Citizenship:
The Inclusion of 'Temporary Sojourners' and of Chinese and Roma"
forthcoming UC L. J. 2026
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

2/ BRIEF OF ORIGINALIST SCHOLARS EVAN D.
BERNICK AND JED H. SHUGERMAN AS
AMICI CURIAE SUPPORTING RESPONDENTS

Table of Contents:

With the outstanding teamwork with Brendan Benedict and Michael Altebrando, @evanbernick.bsky.social & I proudly filed this originalist amicus brief defending birthright citizenship in Trump v. Barbara:
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

Gary Lawson & I are honored to publish “Presidential Removal as Article I, Not Article II” in the
Northwestern University Law Review.

We offer an originalist alternative to Humphrey’s Executor that preserves much congressional discretion over agency independence:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

3/ @beaubaumann.bsky.social & I owe huge thanks to outstanding scholars:
@nwdonahue.bsky.social @narosenblum.bsky.social @andreascoseriakatz.bsky.social @kexelchabot.bsky.social @emilysbremer.bsky.social @janemanners.bsky.social @levmenand.bsky.social @jdmortenson.bsky.social among many others

2/ My co-author @beaubaumann.bsky.social has been on a roll!
He also placed a second article this spring:
“Remembering Congress in the Myers-to-Humphrey’s Interregnum,” in the U. of Pennsylvania Law Review
@upenn.edu
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

I am delighted to host Beau Baumann (@yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social/Utah Law) today @bulaw.bsky.social Clark Legal History Series to present our article:

"Quasi-Judicial: A History and Tradition" forthcoming @columlrev.bsky.social 2026.

4:20 to 6:20, room 410
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

If “it takes a theory to beat a theory,” Originalism is the biggest loser. www.dorfonlaw.org/2026/02/if-i...

Valley Winter Song

Perfect song for the day. And the month:
“Winter Valley Song,” Fountains of Wayne.
Any recommended winter playlists as I go out to dig out a second morning?
open.spotify.com/track/0g10nd...

True but on that Conor McDavid breakaway, Hellebuyck just stayed calm and stonewalled him. He's been a brick house

But Frankly, Aerin Jordan Frankel is even better.

You can't really call a goalie "A(e)ir" Jordan.
But she plays for Boston and her nickname is "The Green Monster" (a 5'5" Jew from Westchesta New Yawk)

Damn Hellebuyck is Hella Good.

Go 🇨🇦

Aerin Frankel.

Which Radiohead song and which moment?

I’m excited to participate in this symposium “Constitutional Checks and Balances Under Trump’s Second Term” on Friday!

Our panel at 1:30: Humphrey’s & Appointment/Removal:
@andreascoseriakatz.bsky.social
@kexelchabot.bsky.social
@chrisjwalker.bsky.social

www.villanova.edu/university/l...

The Four Ways Trump Plans to Delegitimize this Fall’s Elections His goal here isn’t necessarily victory on the merits. It may be delay, uncertainty, and public doubt—especially in close races.

"Voter rolls...contain names, addresses, party affiliations[], and voting histories...In the wrong hands, they become instruments for advancing allegations of fraud or irregularity."

The Four Ways Trump Plans to Delegitimize this Fall’s Elections newrepublic.com/article/2066... via @newrepublic.com