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In reply to the discussion: Can he really end birthright citizenship? Isn't it up to Congress? [View all]Orangepeel
(13,973 posts)35. they could mis/reinterpret "subject to the jurisdiction thereof"
there is a right wing theory that noncitizens are not subject to the jurisdiction.
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Can he really end birthright citizenship? Isn't it up to Congress? [View all]
question everything
Jan 2025
OP
It's a Constitutional Amendment, so it should require another amendment to reverse.
hedda_foil
Jan 2025
#3
So do naturalized citizens. The 14th Amendment also establishes that they are citizens.
rsdsharp
Jan 2025
#14
actually the argument isn't that the infants aren't under the jurisdiction but that the parents aren't
dsc
Jan 2025
#16
ACLU, and other will file suits immediately, and it will take years to litigate. But in meantime, trump can say he
Silent Type
Jan 2025
#9
As with the 2017 Muslim ban, he will defy the Constitution and then yield what ground the courts force him to.
Eugene
Jan 2025
#20
I don't believe they will but precedent hasn't stopped them in the past.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2025
#37