Trump attempting to end birthright citizenship with an executive order? Is this even possible? The left is going to be extra frothy at the mouth over this I would assume. Que the “Trump is a racist” in 3,2,1
This
Would
Be
AMAZING!
Now if we could just deport the illegal alien sympathizers too.
Legal? That’s for SCOTUS to decide. The left is going to go NUTZ.
So birth certificates are a local (county?) document. My guess is the first challenge will be for a Social Security card application. Probably the form would have to change and you’ll have to prove the parents legal status. So some baby will get denied and that will kick off the legal battles, my guess is up through the 9th, but you will probably get some cases from more conservative circuits too, where you might get some pro-Trump decisions. I hope that they do it on SS number or something like that and not on some medicaid application. You don’t need the imagery of trying to take medical care away from a baby.
- Trump sometimes does stuff with out the leg work done, so this may be a crap show for a bit.
- Interesting that he does it now. Most pols would have waited until after the election.
We really need to put the Commerce Clause and the 14th into proper legal usage.
I’ll call it now:
Roberts F’s this up.
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He was saying he could do it by E.O., heads would spin if he tries it.
I think this is something that is long past due.
If he actually goes through with it I say we start a campaign to add his face to Mt Rushmore.
I would like to see it just for the entertainment factor when the Leftists start screaming and crying.
If for no other reason! Theyll lose their shit fo sho.
I just love our Prez…the balls on this guy!
That would end sales of chicken in grocery stores and restaurants for months, perhaps even years.
There already is some legal precedent for this. If a foreign diplomat has a baby inside the US, that baby isn’t automatically a US citizen.
Guaranteed this will go to SCOTUS quickly after several emergency injunctions, BUT…
If the parent(s) is/are in the US ILLEGALLY, it should only be logical for said child NOT to have birthright citizenship. I know… There I go trying to apply logic again. Imho, this will come down to Justice Obabacare again. Of course the (D)s will ask Kavanaugh to recuse himself which he will not. I’m no lawyer, have stayed at many Holiday Inn Express’ over the years, but IMHO the 14th amendment was not “intended” to cover illegal alien births.
The NEXT E/O should TAX at 50% all of the money wired out of the US… The caravan would stop in it’s tracks.
The 50% tax on remittances back home for illegals, would ironically enough make Mexico pay for the wall. Just have those taxes go into a fund for building a wall and other border security measures.
Totalitarian leftists heads would explode, along with the President of Mexico and other “Shit hole” countries.
Ironically, I think the caravan triggered this. In the process of coming up with a way to deal with the mob of people headed this way, Trump hit upon the need to take care of this problem.
This needs to be on the table for any kind of immigration reform. Any ‘comprehensive’ immigration law has to end the anchor baby issue and make it so that if it is found to be unconstitutional, then the whole law and all the pro-immigration provisions are thrown out too.
Trump is smart. He actually hasn’t signed it, but it makes the base happy- with out a legal fight, for now.
This is absolutely awesome and an act which far, far exceeds any expectations. Trump is Great!
I find it unbelievable some poeple who are supposedly pro constitution are ok with the president changing an amendment on a whim. If Obama had done something like this it would have been apocalyptic.
I’ve heard on a couple of radio programs today that his lawyers say he can do it within the bounds of the Constitution. I’m anxious to see what they come up with.
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TEXT:
Section 1.
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. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Just on its face it looks like if you’re born here you’re a citizen. Trump’s lawyers have their work cut out for them if they’re going to find a loophole to that.