NYT opinion piece concedes 'Trump might have a case on birthright citizenship'
Two law professor argued in a guest essay for The New York Times that President Donald Trump may hold a strong case on the issue of birthright citizenship.
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Trump Might Have a Case on Birthright Citizenship
On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order that purports to end birthright citizenship for certain children. It does so despite Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, which declares,
What to know about Trump’s birthright citizenship order, in charts and maps
President Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship in the United States. What is it, which other countries apply the policy and who would be affected by the order?
Second federal judge blocks Trump birthright citizenship order
A second federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship on Wednesday.
Did Trump's birthright citizenship order attack Native rights? Confusion sparks debate
After the Justice Department filed a written defense of the president's birthright citizenship order, some people feared an assault on Native rights.
Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Nationwide
The nationwide injunction, from a Maryland case, is more permanent than last month’s restraining order from a judge in Seattle.
What Does Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Mean for Immigrants?
The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868, after the Civil War, with the intention of granting full citizenship rights to freed African American slaves; its birthright citizenship clause has since been interpreted to include all U.S.-born children, regardless of parental immigration status.
Siding with Delaware, other states, 4th judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order
States and advocacy groups for immigrants have filed at least eight lawsuits around the country challenging President Donald Trump's executive order.
What is birthright citizenship?
Anyone born in the U.S. is a citizen at birth, guaranteed by the 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause. That clause wouldn't be easy to change.
Birthright Citizenship - A Response to Barnett and Wurman
In a recent New York Times op ed, legal scholars Randy Barnett and Ilan Wurman offer a partial defense of President Trump's executive order denying
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Federal judge issues injunction on birthright citizenship, putting it further on hold
The preliminary injunction is the second temporary hold against Trump’s executive order and puts efforts to end birthright ...
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Who Gets To Be American? The High-Stakes Debate Over Birthright Citizenship
President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14160, titled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” ...
Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America, by Garrett Epps
The Fourteenth Amendment was the product of a democratic revolutionary change that sought to put the Constitution on a ...
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Guzzardi: The birthright citizenship question
For decades, birthright citizenship has vexed Republicans, Democrats, and constitutional scholars. President Donald Trump’s ...
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The conservative case for birthright citizenship
President Donald Trump will win many court cases defending the executive orders from his first week, but the one ending birthright citizenship won’t be one of them. He is going to lose that case ...