Suppose the child hates US: Justice Alito's dissent as Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, whoever is born in US is a citizen

Justice Thomas Weighs In On Birthright Citizenship Ruling

Justice Clarence Thomas sharply criticized the Supreme Court majority for reading the Constitution to guarantee automatic citizenship to anyone born in the United States, no matter the immigration status of that child’s parents. In a lengthy dissent, Thomas argued that the ruling weakens the meaning of American citizenship and stretches the Fourteenth Amendment beyond what [] The post Justice Thomas Weighs In On Birthright Citizenship Ruling appeared first on Red Right Patriot.

Major setback for Trump as US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship

A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The justices relied on a long-settled understanding of the 14th Amendment, adopted after the Civil War, and []

The Latest: Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, trans athlete bans

The Supreme Court has upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The decision is in line with the longstanding judi...

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)

The Memo: MAGA winces as Supreme Court quashes anti-birthright citizenship push

The Supreme Court blunted the Trump administration’s offensive on immigration on Tuesday with a ruling affirming that almost everyone born in the United States is an American citizen. The ruling, underscoring the concept known as ‘birthright citizenship,’ was a major defeat for a president who has sought not only to curb numbers on illegal immigration...