Eric Wessan

“There’s going to be a lot of focus on this issue, both in legal academia from some, but not exclusively, conservative law professors,”

Eric Wessan · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-08

Wessan spoke to POLITICO about the future focus on birthright citizenship in legal academia following the Supreme Court ruling.

“There’s now a lot of interest in this area, and when you get the truth-seeking function of academia set on an interesting question, you’re naturally going to elicit a lot of responses, and that’s going to keep the issue fresh.”

Eric Wessan · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-08

Wessan discussed the growing interest in birthright citizenship as a legal question that will keep the issue fresh in academia.