[ExI] ​T​erminate​ing​ birthright citizenship

Darin Sunley dsunley at gmail.com
Tue Oct 30 16:43:35 UTC 2018


Is it actually possible for the Supreme Court to be incorrect, by
definition? They can be ill-advised, short-sighted, and even
self-contradictory, but can they actually be incorrect?

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 10:05 AM John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

> Trump just said he plans to issue a executive order terminating birthright
> citizenship. The 14th amendment to the Constitution says:
>
> "*All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to
> the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the
> State wherein they reside*.”
>
> That seems pretty clear, however I wouldn't be a bit surprise if Trump's
> new handpicked Supreme Court said a executive order like that was perfectly
> constitutional and just jim dandy; but would anybody like to make the
> argument that the Supreme Court would be correct in making such a decision?
>
> John K Clark
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