MS NOW Segment on Jackson Concurrence Citing Wilkerson in Birthright Ruling
The MS NOW segment features Isabel Wilkerson reacting to Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's concurrence in the Supreme Court birthright citizenship case. It discusses Jackson citing Wilkerson's book 'Caste' and historians including David Blight and Frederick Douglass, linking the 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause to Reconstruction-era universalist principles and an 'anti-caste reset.' Wilkerson expresses being honored by the citation, notes Jackson's scholarly approach and family history of enslavement and sharecropping in Georgia, and frames the ruling as reaffirming American identity ahead of the 250th anniversary. The segment follows a prior interview with Blight and highlights the value of diverse Supreme Court experiences.
Source: MS NOW
