𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 on Nostr: My Con Law prof said - or rather, through expert Socratic questioning, got one of my ...

My Con Law prof said - or rather, through expert Socratic questioning, got one of my classmates to say - that "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" was specifically intended to exclude members of Native American tribes that were, at least in theory, independent sovereignties. It's hard to believe that there's enough controversy on this point to even justify a cert grant, but apparently at least four Supremes did believe it, so here we are. I don't think the government is going to prevail here, but I also don't think it's going to be unanimous.