White Paper: The 14th Amendment Was Meant for Freedmen — Not a Universal Birthright

The Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust has released a white paper originally prepared for the U.S. Supreme Court in Case No. 24A886. It defends the original intent of the 14th Amendment: to secure citizenship for American Freedmen, not to serve as a blanket policy of universal birthright.

This paper offers legal and historical evidence that the Citizenship Clause was enacted as a direct remedy for formerly enslaved Americans—and must be interpreted in that context.

Read the full white paper here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1276lRAa2SWf_Kcjdg-8UYLskl4ZX0JoP/view?usp=drivesdk