South Carolina attorney general says 14th Amendment 'misinterpreted' [View all]
Source: The Hill
South Carolina attorney general says 14th Amendment ‘misinterpreted’
by Nick Smith - 03/18/25 7:26 AM ET
• Trump signed executive order to end birthright citizenship
• The 14th Amendment says 'all persons born in US' are citizens
• South Carolina AG says it's been misinterpreted
The Supreme Court is requesting responses from states and groups challenging President Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship.
About two dozen states have sued over the order. They argue it violates the 14th Amendment, which states that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States” are American citizens.
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“That amendment was rightfully designed to bestow citizenship on emancipated slaves, which needed to happen, but it has been misinterpreted over the last 160 years to incentivize the ridiculous notion that somebody can come to the United States in the dead of night, drop a child like an anchor, like a boat drops an anchor, and all of a sudden, they have been bestowed citizenship for henceforth evermore,” Wilson said.
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Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5199404-alan-wilson-donald-trump-14th-amendment-birthright-citizenship-south-carolina/
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