Birthright Citizenship At SCOTUS

At Friday's private conference, the Supreme Court discussed the case challenging birthright citizenship. All of the lower courts have upheld the 14th Amendment and rejected the Trump administration's re-definition of it. I'm wanting to see SCOTUS deny granting certiorari to hear the case, which would mean the lower court decision would stand. We will hopefully have an answer Monday morning when they release their Order List at 9:30AM ET.

Section 1 of the 14th Amendment says, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." That is pretty clear, but Trump is trying to re-interpret the US Constitution in order to exclude immigrants. They are using the phrase "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" to say the baby doesn't have citizenship unless both parents are citizens. They also have a plan to de-naturalize immigrants who have already earned their citizenship, but that's a whole other matter.

This is the order from Trump that redefines US citizenship.