Chuck Cooper is one of Washington’s most prominent conservative attorneys. A former law clerk to Chief Justice Rehnquist, he went on to serve as
Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel in the Reagan Justice Department. He is now a principal in private practice at his own Washington firm.
Last week Cooper testified at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment. The video clip of his statement is posted below. In the video he provides a brief introduction to the issue. Stay alert to skip the ad that precedes his statement.
Last month Cooper testified on the same topic at the hearing held by a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee. The text of his statement before the House subcommitee is posted here.
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on April 1 in the challenge to President Trump’s executive order seeking to restore the meaning of birthright citizenship to its original understanding. University of Minnesota Law Professor Ilan Wurman has filed an amicus brief in the case — Trump v. Barbara. The case now presents the Court with the opportunity to impose a rational understanding of one of the most consequential issues that bedevils us now.
