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Michael Altebrando

@mike-altebrando.bsky.social
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DC lawyer, dad of two. Interests in competition policy, US/Latam history, and NY sports. Views are my own.

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Jed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I'm also honored that Jackson, crediting "the keepers of 'the call of remembrance' (trained historians)" at p. 19, cited, among an illustrious list of trained historians, the amicus brief @evanbernick.bsky.social & I filed, with the outstanding lawyering of Brendan Benedict & Michael Altebrando:
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Jed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
4/ Our amicus brief - an originalist defense of birthright citizenship - is posted here. Thanks again to the outstanding work of @evanbernick.bsky.social @mike-altebrando.bsky.social @brendanbenedict.bsky.social I can't believe it turned out to be remotely close! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Amicus Brief in <i>Trump v. Barbara</i>: An Originalist Defense of Birthright Citizenship
For nearly all of the first 235 years under the Constitution, the citizenship of every child born in the United States to alien parents, with immaterial excepti
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Brendan Benedict @brendanbenedict.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Gratified that our brief was cited in Justice Jackson's concurrence and that several of its unique sources made it into the Opinion of the Court. This is a huge victory for the rule of law -- one that comes along once a century. Thank you to @evanbernick.bsky.social and @jedshug.bsky.social.
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Jed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN Trump's anti-birthright executive order. I was honored that Sotomayor cited 5 of my articles in her dissent in Slaughter yesterday. It's a sweeter honor today as Jackson cited my historical work supporting birthright, p. 12 & 13, forthcoming in UC L.J.
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Matt Wood @mattfieldwood.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Happening now, with @booker.senate.gov kicking it off. Booker leads with the devastating layoffs from every merger like this -- as well as the impact on our media and on journalism from the corruption here. We can't let the Ellisons win this deal by promising to do to CNN what they did to CBS.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
BREAKING: A coalition of 1,000+ stars & film pros just jumped into the fight to support state AG's investigating the Paramount-Warners merger Not a done deal! We @democracydefendersfund.org @filmcoalition.bsky.social @1acommittee.bsky.social & other GREAT partners r proud to help #BlockTheMerger
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Hollywood Heavyweights Sign Letter Opposing Paramount’s Deal for Warner Bros.
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Jed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Update: Thank you, Kurt Lash, for deleting the reference to our amicus brief from his draft (w/ @evanbernick.bsky.social @brendanbenedict.bsky.social @mike-altebrando.bsky.social) We appreciate the correction. Revised page below:
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Jed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
When @gregsargent.bsky.social writes that Trump's arguments are "based on lawyerly hocus pocus," I'm honored he links to our amicus, providing history, not MAGA magical thinking. @evanbernick.bsky.social @brendanbenedict.bsky.social @mike-altebrando.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2084...
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Trump’s Crazed New Eruptions of Fury at SCOTUS Already Set to Backfire
It’s a good thing that he showed up in court for the birthright citizenship arguments. It helps ensure that he’ll own this morally repugnant effort to gut the constitutional promise of equality.
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Brendan Benedict @brendanbenedict.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
In his draft paper, Kurt Lash says that our amicus brief in Trump v. Barbara at p.27 claims "that Republicans viewed . . . the Romani as illegally in the United States". What it actually mentions is "England’s historical exclusions against the Roma people" Still no correction.
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Jed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
4/ @evanbernick.bsky.social and I have posted our amicus brief, "An Originalist Defense of Birthright Citizenship" on SSRN, with our deepest gratitiude to @brendanbenedict.bsky.social & @mike-altebrando.bsky.social as our counsel who added so much substance: papers.ssrn.com/abstract=635...
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Amicus Brief in <i>Trump v. Barbara</i>: An Originalist Defense of Birthright Citizenship
<p>For nearly all of the first 235 years under the Constitution, the citizenship of every child born in the United States to alien parents, with immaterial exce
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
hey @jedshug.bsky.social we made the Catholic press www.americamagazine.org/news/2026/02...
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U.S. bishops support lawsuit against Trump’s attempt to limit birthright citizenship
The U.S. bishops and a Catholic immigration advocacy group were among those who offered their support to a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship.
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Michael Altebrando @mike-altebrando.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Great brief, really enjoyed reading through this - Very nice work @nbaron.bsky.social and team.
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Melissa Stewart @melissastewart.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
First up, CASA et al explain how any child of their client Monica subject to the EO would likely be rendered stateless. They explain how byzantine process outlined by the Trump Admin for how the EO would be implemented only increases that risk. 2/
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Eric Muller @elmunc.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Yesterday I filed an #AmicusCuriae brief at #SCOTUS in the birthright citizenship case. It presents stories of 3 families of Japanese ancestry--w/o legal allegiance to the USA--to show citizenship derives from birth on US soil, not parental loyalties. #lawsky #skystorians tinyurl.com/3hy76638
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Two amicus briefs I enjoyed reading in support of birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court: @kewhittington.bsky.social’s: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25... @evanbernick.bsky.social and @jedshug.bsky.social’s: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25... I highly recommend them if y’all have time.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/02/2026
this is a great brief and it appropriately ends with a killshot: the simple observation that if trump's meaning held, the birthright clause would not have overturned dred scott, the one thing it was absolutely meant to do.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Brief day on the feed: I really appreciated @jedshug.bsky.social and @evanbernick.bsky.social’s brief because it grounded its originalism in clear and thoughtful method.
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Gautham Rao (pronounced: Knicks in 5) @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Another superb amicus brief explaining why the Trump administration's argument against birthright citizenship is bunk--this one on explicitly originalist grounds. Thank you @jedshug.bsky.social @evanbernick.bsky.social and the rest of the team for this sharp brief
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Pretty straightforward from here
Rather than look for what the Citizenship Clause meant to white supremacists in the 1880s, the Court should start with the common
meaning of the words at ratification.
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Jed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
2/ BRIEF OF ORIGINALIST SCHOLARS EVAN D. BERNICK AND JED H. SHUGERMAN AS AMICI CURIAE SUPPORTING RESPONDENTS Table of Contents:
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Jed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
With the outstanding teamwork with Brendan Benedict and Michael Altebrando, @evanbernick.bsky.social & I proudly filed this originalist amicus brief defending birthright citizenship in Trump v. Barbara: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
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