Breaking Supreme’s….Rule Birthright Upheld

There was little doubt of this outcome from the court….

But a 6-3 vote among the court IS Troubling…..

 

The Supreme Court shut the door on President Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions on Tuesday, ruling that his banner immigration policy is unconstitutional.

Chief Justice John Roberts, joined by all three liberal justices and Justice Amy Coney Barrett,wrote that the 14th Amendment guarantees automatic citizenship for nearly all children born on U.S. soil, even those born to parents in the country unlawfully.

A sixth justice, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, disagreed but voted to block Trump’s order under federal law.…

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The policy never went into effect amid an onslaught of litigation by Democratic-led states, immigration services organizations and individual mothers. They insisted it runs afoul of the 14th Amendment, which guarantees citizenship to all persons born in the country who are “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.”

Many legal experts have long argued that only leaves room for narrow exceptions, like the children of ambassadors, enemies during a hostile invasion, tribal members and those born on warships…

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Last year, the justices took up the dispute to clamp down on lower judges’ ability to issue universal injunctions blocking the president’s policies. But that decision left unaddressed whether Trump’s moves on birthright citizenship were actually legal.…

 

The Hill….