If Trump issues an executive order eliminating Birthright Citizenship, will theSupreme Court...?
stand with the clearly written constitutional provision or with the president and his unconstitutional whims on this issue?
stand with the clearly written constitutional provision or with the president and his unconstitutional whims on this issue?
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It isn't really clear. The Court has never ruled on what "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" means. It is certainly possible to interpret that as excluding those whose mother is a citizen of another country. So, for example, if the baby could be taken back to the mother's country of origin and be considered a citizen of that country the baby would not be "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States and would therefore not automatically be a US citizen.
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The 14th was written to protect the rights of freed slaves and their offspring , not to serve illegal aliens .
ahandle101
"If the Supreme Court views it as constitutional, that means it's constitutional." - Obamacare supporters.
Smoking Joe Biden
With Kavanaugh on the court nobody's sure.
Anonymous
"Clearly written", I didn't realise you had a degree in Constitutional Law. I imagine that the scores of legal experts who advice the government know far more than you. If the proposal is unconstitutional then the Judges will say so.