Constitutional Expert: Trump Can Win No Matter How Birthright-Citizenship Fight Goes
President Donald Trump can win a significant victory no matter how the fight that erupted over his executive order over “birthright citizenship” ends up, according to a constitutional expert.
Jonathan Turley, the J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University, has not only advised Congress on constitutional matters but has represented members in court cases.
He recently wrote about the dispute over “birthright citizenship” that has erupted since Trump took office and issued a list of orders cracking down on illegal aliens, illegal immigration and more.
He explained, “The Fourteenth Amendment starts and ends as a model of clarity, stating that ‘all persons born or naturalized in the United States’ are ‘citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.’ However, sandwiched between those two phrases, Congress inserted the words ‘and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.’ Those six words have perplexed many since they were first drafted.”
He said the Supreme Court has seemed “conflicted” in its rulings on the issue, some of which date back a century and a half. (Read more from “Constitutional Expert: Trump Can Win No Matter How Birthright-Citizenship Fight Goes” HERE)
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