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The Scipio Files

The debates

The most contested arguments in American life, laid out claim by claim, reply by reply.

Every card traces to a page in a primary source. Every quote is verified verbatim against that source. No page here declares a winner, it shows where each volley stopped and lets you judge the silence.

Birthright citizenship

Who gets born American?

Trump v. Barbara (2026), six opinions, eight contested questions about the Fourteenth Amendment.

50 cards8 questions15 last words
Abortion

Was there ever a right to lose?

Roe, Casey, and Dobbs across fifty years, plus the Finnis-George amicus brief, on personhood and federal power.

48 cards6 questions16 last words
Gun rights

Whose test wins?

Heller, Caetano, Bruen, and Rahimi, one test built and then contested by its own author.

45 cards6 questions13 last words
Illegal immigration

Who actually pays?

Enforcement, cost, and rule of law, across reports that mostly do not address each other directly.

41 cards6 questions15 last words
Gender medicine

Identity or diagnosis?

Minors, sports, and legal sex definitions, with the classification question as its own dedicated lane.

51 cards6 questions17 last words
Death penalty

Who deserves to die, and who decides?

Furman to Glossip, deterrence, error rates, and retribution against dignity.

36 cards6 questions14 last words
Healthcare

Who pays, and what do we get?

Universal entitlement versus market reform, spending, coverage, and drug pricing.

47 cards6 questions17 last words
Multiculturalism

One culture, or many?

Assimilation against pluralism, and whether a shared culture is what makes trust possible at all.

40 cards6 questions14 last words
Founding & religion

Is America a Christian nation?

Founding-era language and case law, read as a demographic claim against a formal legal one.

36 cards6 questions15 last words

Color marks a side of the argument, never who is right. Each page lists its sources in the footer. Read the claims, then read the pages they come from.