India, June 30 -- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Tuesday criticized Justice Clarence Thomas for reflecting "one of Dred Scott's core tenets" by opposing the Supreme Court's ruling that upheld birthright citizenship.

In her concurrence with the majority opinion in Trump v. Barbara, Jackson contended that the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment was historically meant to encompass all individuals born in the United States, including the offspring of illegal immigrants.

This stands in contrast to Thomas's assertion that the amendment was specifically ratified to grant citizenship to slaves who were freed following the Civil War.

"Freed Blacks fought for the shared humanity of all people. And the Great Emancipator eventually foresaw ...