NIU Law Professor Evan Bernick was recently cited in the New York Times opinion article “The Repercussions of Trump V. United States May Finally Be Hitting Roberts.” His original work, The Anti-Constitutional Attack on Birthright Citizenship, speaks to the current undermining of the 14th Amendment by Executive Orders under the Trump administration. Part of a larger body of work on the 14th Amendment, his quotes outline the uniquely American nature of the “Citizenship Clause” and “reactionary constitutionalism” that appears to be underway.
Evan Bernick joined the NIU Law faculty in 2021. He teaches courses in constitutional law, criminal law, criminal procedure, administrative law and legislation. His scholarship covers a range of topics, from constitutional law, to philosophy of law, to social movements, to law enforcement. He has published with the Georgetown Law Journal, the Notre Dame Law Review, the William and Mary Law Review and the George Mason Law Review, among other journals. His book, The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment: Its Letter and Spirit (2021), with Randy E. Barnett, was published by Harvard University Press under its Belknap imprint “for books of long-lasting importance, superior in scholarship and physical production, chosen whether or not they might be profitable.”
Professor Bernick received his bachelor’s degree in 2008 from the University of Chicago, where he studied philosophy and graduated with honors. He received his juris doctorate in 2011 from the University of Chicago Law School.
