Trump tries to end birthright citizenship with an executive order (1 Viewer)

[superchuck500]

I think this deserves its own thread. Perhaps we can try to migrate discussion from the other thread to this one.

Here is the Executive Order:

Protecting The Meaning And Value Of American Citizenship

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.

www.whitehouse.gov

The order presents itself on existing good-ground to exclude children of unlawful immigrants, but that's false - the term "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" does not have an ambiguous history.

Twenty-two states and others filed immediate lawsuits to suspend and ultimately rescind the order.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/lawsuits-challenge-trumps-birthright-citizenship-other-orders-2025-01-21/

 

[Sendai]

You read a majority opinion of a SC case at the age of 3?

No, actually read it in school and remembered it was a class action suit

 

[MT15]

 

[Optimus Prime]

A federal judge has blocked Donald Trump’sexecutive order that seeks to unilaterally redefine who gets to be a citizen, paving the way for another major Supreme Court caseinvolving the president’s birthright citizenship challenge.

Several courts have already struck down the president’s attempt to block citizenship from newborn Americans who are born to certain immigrant parents.

But the Supreme Court last month determined those judges went too far by issuing nationwide injunctions instead of applying the rulings to only the states and plaintiffs who sued the administration.

The court’s conservative majority, however, left open the possibility of plaintiffs bringing a class-action lawsuit representing all impacted newborns.

On Thursday, New Hampshire District Judge Joseph Laplante agreed to grant class-action status to all babies who stand to lose automatic U.S. citizenship when Trump’s order takes effect.

His forthcoming injunction was “not a close call,” said LaPlante, noting that thousands of children would be deprived of their citizenship should Trump’s order go into effect.……

Trump’s birthright citizenship order struck down again in new legal challenge

Judge’s ruling in new class-action case protects all children who could be denied citizenship under Trump’s executive order

www.independent.co.uk