The courts will decide it regardless of whether Congress passes a law or the President issues an EO. Both actions will be challenged legally and the Courts must adjudicate the constitutionality of the edict/laws. It may require a constitutional amendment to end birthright citizenship. Until then, the current practice will continue.
I get it. I don't like birthright citizenship either and believe that the 14th Amendment was falsely interpreted. We know that from the contemporaneous discussions in Congress about the intention of the Amendment and what "under the jurisdiction" meant. There is no law that specifically grants US citizenship to the children of illegal aliens and tourists, but practice and precedent have made it so. It needs to be changed.
If President Trump issues an EO, it will be the first step to righting this wrong. I expect lots of opposition in Congress and the courts. But the American people have made it clear in poll after poll that they don't support birthright citizenship.
“The courts will decide it regardless of whether Congress passes a law or the President issues an EO. Both actions will be challenged legally and the Courts must adjudicate the constitutionality of the edict/laws. It may require a constitutional amendment to end birthright citizenship. Until then, the current practice will continue. “
The 14th amendment is clear. The author of the citizenship clause was painfully clear. The Constitution doesn’t need ‘interpretation’, it needs to be farking followed. Everyone in the employ of the fed govt has taken an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution. That’s what the very stable genius PDJT is doing...He’s the chief executive and he’s going to enforce the law. Not some ahole courts interpretation of it.