Even without Birthright Citizenship, Supreme Court Co-Signs Much of Trump's Immigration Agenda
The 6-3 ruling said Trump’s order conflicted with the 14th Amendment and blocked agencies from denying citizenship to U.S.-born children.
- The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Tuesday against President Donald Trump's directive to restrict birthright citizenship, affirming the 14th Amendment's protections for those born within the United States.
- Chief Justice John Roberts authored the majority opinion, arguing the Amendment was adopted to overturn Dred Scott v. Sandford and establish citizenship based on soil, not blood of one's birth.
- Historically, the 1790 Naturalization Act and California's Webb-Haney Act targeted Asian residents, limiting citizenship based on race and reflecting long-standing tensions over who could become American.
- In other recent decisions, the court struck down campaign spending limits on free speech grounds and upheld laws in West Virginia and Idaho banning transgender student athletes from female sports teams.
- Deep-Seated racial tensions continue to shape American political discourse, as observers note that intense debate over immigration policy reflects historical patterns of discrimination embedded in citizenship law.
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“…the Fourteenth Amendment has never been interpreted to extend citizenship universally to everyone born within the United States.” “The Fourteenth Amendment has always excluded from birthright citizenship persons who were born in the United States but not ‘subject to the jurisdiction thereof.’” “Among the categories of individuals born in the United States and not subject to the jurisdiction thereof, the privilege of United States citizenship d…
How Trump can still beat the birthright citizenship racket
The Supreme Court delivered a monumentally bad decision last week in Trump v. Barbara, holding that, with limited exceptions, children born on U.S. soil become citizens at birth.Much of the majority’s reasoning rested on mythology rather than a faithful reading of the law.The court has closed one path. It has not closed them all.No one can say with certainty when the United States began treating the U.S.-born children of illegal aliens as citize…
House Democrats want Americans to know their 14th Amendment rights are at risk
Rep. Analilia Mejia knew when she joined Congress in April that she wanted to use her post to highlight what she believes is an existential threat to everyday freedoms: attempts to erode and redefine the 14th Amendment. Before winning her New Jersey special election, Mejia had authored articles about how the Reconstruction-era amendment underpins everything from the right to vote to birthright citizenship. She campaigned on protecting it as a wa…
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