Shanlon Wu @shanlonwu.com

Former federal prosecutor | Legal Analyst | Asian-American. Father. Boxer. Providing legal analysis & commentary with clarity, savvy, & humor.

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The Constitution is not the problem. The argument is.

Birthright citizenship is settled. The argument does not hold.
Religious identity raises a First Amendment problem.

Read it: shanlonwu.substack.com/publish/post/193663411?r=5dicwe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Wow. "Whites only" is back in style.
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And saluting the courage of the woman who survived & travelled back to the Unites States to face down this coward in court and deliver justice.
wtop.com/fairfax-county/2015/06/analysis-behind-jesse-matthews-alford-plea-in-fairfax-county/
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If Jesse Matthew had been stopped in college when he was accused of sexual assaults -
www.cnn.com/2016/03/02/us/jesse-matthew-plea-hearing?cid=android_app
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Why transfer him to a lower security prison? He preyed so long undetected & avoided the death penalty with his guilty pleas. Celebrating Hannah Graham & Morgan Harrington for the lives they lived but will always mourn all the life they never got to live.
www.12onyourside.com/2026/04/09/jesse-matthew-transferred-lower-security-prison/
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How’s it going with Pete Hegseth and Trump’s declarations of “total victory” & claimed reopening of the Strait of Hormuz? Gifted @wsj.com article -
www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-tightens-its-grip-on-hormuz-despite-cease-fire-5027521f?st=QvZzAH&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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#SCOTUS #BirthrightCitizenship #ChineseExclusionAct #14thAmendment
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“There was no problem with birthright citizenship in the 19th century.”

That’s just false.

The Chinese Exclusion Act banned an entire ethnic group.

That history matters. Ignoring it distorts the entire argument.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI6Vc4r4NaQ
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Real news. No echo chamber.
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Media is covering the birthright citizenship case like it’s a scoreboard.

It’s not.

This case is rooted in racism. That’s the part getting ignored. Reducing this to sound bites ignores what is actually at stake.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI6Vc4r4NaQ

#SCOTUS #BirthrightCitizenship
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An “ineptly worded” subpoena is not a small issue.

That is the issue.

If the wording is flawed, the risk of overreach is real.

Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOO6bGdipHg

#CivilLiberties #FirstAmendment
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Can someone explain why msm keeps saying Artemis 2 orbiting the moon is the "furthest humans have gone" & first time humans are seeing the "dark side of the moon" when we've already orbited to moon & landed previously? I mean is it just a bigger orbit that adds distance & different perspective? 🤔
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A subpoena tied to religious identity should set off alarms. Period.

That is the First Amendment.

Courts are there to protect rights, not blur the line.

Full analysis: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOO6bGdipHg
#FirstAmendment #ReligiousFreedom
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Cut through the spin. Get the legal truth behind the headlines.
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Way to support our troops...
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/us/ice-detains-military-wife-soldier-deployment.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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Nice cover.
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Funny how mass firings cause workforce shortages...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-admits-unprecedented-national-security-staffing-challenges
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"Meet the new boss - same as the old boss -"
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#UnderColorOfLaw, #LegalAnalysis, #RuleOfLaw, #Judiciary, #SupremeCourt, #DHS, #RobertMueller, #JohnRoberts, #LegalNews, #Accountability
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When Power Pushes, The System Hesitates.
What happens when pressure comes from power and institutions respond without full clarity or accountability?

open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/when-power-pushes-the-system-hesitates?r=5dicwe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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"Meet the new boss - same as the old boss -"
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Mueller liked being in court and trying cases himself.

He left a comfortable law firm job and chose to prosecute in DC when homicide rates were at their peak.

Most people step away from that kind of work. He stepped into it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZlZOJI0Nik
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Mueller already had senior DOJ roles and a high paying white collar job.

He left it and went back to DC at one of its most dangerous points to prosecute homicide cases.

Not management. Not politics. Actual cases.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZlZOJI0Nik
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SCOTUS will press one question on birthright citizenship. How does this actually work.

This affects millions of babies and risks creating stateless children. Even conservative justices are likely to push on implementation.

Theory is not enough.
#BirthrightCitizenship #SCOTUS
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Every day in this administration is April Fool's Day ...
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This birthright citizenship argument does not hold up.

Follow it through and it starts stripping citizenship in ways that make no sense.

The 14th Amendment was written to do the opposite.

Context matters.

#BirthrightCitizenship #14thAmendment #SCOTUS
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Alex Pretti checked on someone who had just been shoved by DHS agents. That was it.

He was shot in the back.

Markwayne Mullin called him “deranged” and still refuses to apologize without an “investigation.”

Nothing unclear about this.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=79LTF3aQID0
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Trump showing up at SCOTUS on birthright citizenship makes headlines.

It does not change the case.

If anything, the justices will go out of their way to show zero influence.

This is optics. Not impact.
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Markwayne Mullin keeps downplaying violence.

A shove killed 84 year old Vicha Ratanapakdee. That is the reality.

You do not need a hate crime charge to recognize what you are looking at.

Stop minimizing it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=79LTF3aQID0
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Coming up on @cnn.com discussing upcoming SCOTUS arguments on birthright citizenship & other legal news of the day!
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