Examining the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship, campaign finance rulings

The alarming split in the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling

The ruling was a revealing moment for the future of the court

Rep. Chip Roy calls to pause immigration after Supreme Court ruling

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, ripped the Supreme Court for upholding the birthright citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment in an appearance Tuesday on Newsmax. “The United States Supreme Court issued an opinion today that is massively damaging to the national security and to the fabric of our country, and it is incumbent upon the United []...Click to read more

Birthright Citizenship vs. 'We the People'

The Supreme Court has finally weighed in on birthright citizenship, and to the frustration of conservatives across the nation, they got it wrong. Simply saying that today is enough to invite endless ridicule from those who insist the Constitution plainly and unambiguously grants citizenship to anyone born on American soil. There is little interest in engaging with the intended purpose of the 14th Amendment, its historical context, or whether that interpretation serves the long-term interests of the nation. Yet the same people who demand a strictly literal reading of the 14th Amendment rarely apply that standard consistently to the rest of the Constitution.

Domicile Isn't a Real Argument For Citizenship Says Wydra

A divided US Supreme Court upheld the constitutional right of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s planned restrictions and invalidating a central plank of his immigration agenda. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented. National citizenship was not an independent concept but simply derivative of state citizenship. “Every citizen of a state,” it was often said, was “ipso facto a citizen of the United States.” In these contexts, too, national citizenship required domicile because state citizenship required domicile. Justice Thomas wrote. Elizabeth Wydra, President of the Constitutional Accountability Center joined Balance of Power to discuss. (Source: Bloomberg)

Supreme Court birthright citizenship ruling 'a tremendous betrayal' says Heritage chief

Kevin Roberts, the president of the conservative Heritage Foundation, called the Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday upholding birthright citizenship a “tremendous betrayal of the public.” The Justices in the majority have inflamed the all-out assault on our sovereignty and cheapened the sacred value of American citizenship, Roberts wrote on social platform X. Universal birthright citizenship...