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Justices to take up case amid legal fight over order to heavily restrict right to birthright citizenship in US
The US supreme court agreed on Friday to decide the legality of Donald Trump’s order to heavily restrict the right to birthright citizenship, the long-held constitutional principle that individuals born on US soil are automatically citizens, in the United States.
The justices will hear the president’s request to uphold his executive order on birthright citizenship, issued just hours after Trump took office for his second term and immediately blocked from taking effect.
The order was a contentious part of the administration’s far-reaching immigration crackdown – and a step that would transform the interpretation of a 19th-century constitutional provision.
It’s an open and shut case. There is no rational legal argument for ending birthright citizenship.
Unfortunately, this court doesn’t seem to feel bound by little things like laws, precedents, the constitution or reality. If I had to bet on the outcome, I’d assume they will give Trump what he wants yet again. I want to be wrong about that, but at this point I think it’s a safer bet to assume this court will always do the worst thing possible.
What he wants is the focus on “and subject to the jurisdiction thereof” as used in the 14th amendment. He isn’t after birthright citizenship. He wants formal recognition that certain people are not owed constitutional protections.
Immediately, he wants “immigrants” to be in the same category as “enemy combatants”, whose rights and privileges are defined by international treaty, rather than recognized by the constitution.