Talk of rescinding birthright citizenship is just that: Talk.
Presidents can't rescind it, because the Constitution expressly guarantees it. The Constitution's text reflects a basic American principle: Being born here comes with citizenship. Any executive order won't survive the court fights.
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Presidents can't rescind it, because the Constitution expressly guarantees it. The Constitution's text reflects a basic American principle: Being born here comes with citizenship. Any executive order won't survive the court fights.
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... and it will be critical for you to spread the knowledge, because public pushback--plus a strong push in the courts--is how we WILL win.
Are you a person? Were you born in the US? Then you’re a citizen. Period.
(Full text: https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-14/)
Undocumented people are "subject to the jurisdiction" of the US: they pay taxes, can be arrested for violating federal law, etc.
We rejected that idea then. We reject it now.
That ruling is as foundational to America as the amendment itself.
Any claims to the contrary aren't credible--treat them as word games that lawyers play when they don't have any real argument.
The law that Trump doesn’t follow
Or the people that are going to attack anyone that opposes him
If we believe in birthright citizenship as a principle, we'd better do more than just wait for the courts to agree that what the Constitution says is what it says.
Who is gonna say no?
The supremes?
That was then, this is now.