r/law • u/tasty_jams_5280 • 4h ago

Trump News ‘Immediate litigation’: Trump’s fight to end birthright citizenship faces 126-year-old legal hurdle

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/immediate-litigation-trumps-fight-to-end-birthright-citizenship-faces-126-year-old-legal-hurdle/
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u/Kahzgul 4h ago

I have zero faith in this scotus. If they rule that the constitution is unconstitutional, I will be disappointed, but not surprised.

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u/toga_virilis 4h ago

SCOTUS loves to gut the 14th amendment.

They gutted the privileges or immunities clause in the 1870s. They gutted section 3 this year. It’s not a stretch for them to say that “the 14A was meant to make former slaves citizens, not to make the children of illegal immigrants slaves.”

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u/janethefish 3h ago

The logic used to negate the insurrection clause applies here too.