Trump said on O’Reilly tonight his intention is to challenge the current interpretation of the 14th amendment in court. He said his lawyers tell him it doesn’t really mean birthright citizenship. He said an amendment would take too long.
I agree with you. And I think this shows Trump is politically/legally naive. And that he’s trying to sell us some things which he just can’t realistically do.
I love the idea of ending birthright citizenship for children of illegals. That said, arguing original intent has done us absolutely no good with abortion, Obamacare individual mandate, or gay marriage. We lose, lose, and lose some more no matter how well reasoned our arguments. Time to make it explicitly clear within the Constitution.
(That is not to say we shouldn’t try to pursue original intent in the judicial system. We just shouldn’t ignore the need for a constitutional amendment. If we’re successful in the courts, awesome!)