[nesnah]

Ending birth citizenship by executive order will never survive a court challenge. It’s in the Constitution.

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Where? Don’t say the 14th Amendment.

[Owen]

I don’t understand. In your world the 14th Amendment is not part of the Constitution?

Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (adopted July 9, 1868), which states:

“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.”

[Old West Conservative]

Well, why wouldn’t one say the 14th Amendment? You might disagree with it, but it’s sort of settled law after being ratified in 1868.

[hanamizu]

Where? Don’t say the 14th Amendment.

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While I’m pretty sure the authors of the 14th meant to ensure the citizenship of black people born in America, thus overturning the Dred Scott decision, the words they wrote mean that anyone born in the U.S. (except to diplomats and, at the time, Indians) were citizens upon their birth.

An executive order cannot overturn this. President Trump and/or his advisors should know this.