July 03, 2026

The American Conservative Morning Briefing · Jul 3, 2026 · 3m

Good morning! Today is Friday, July 3rd 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. Andrew Day unpacks the Supreme Court's 6–3 ruling upholding birthright citizenship, arguing that while Trump's executive order was struck down, the constitutional split was really 5–4 and the national debate over citizenship has only just begun. Chart Westcott challenges the familiar phrase "a nation of immigrants," making the case that America is better understood as a nation of assimilants, where the true miracle was never arrival but the transformation of strangers into fellow countrymen…