The Supreme Court could decide the fate of key parts of Donald Trump’s agenda.
One game-changing policy is set for a legal battle.
And Donald Trump has one ace up his sleeve that could wreck Democrats in one Supreme Court fight.
Donald Trump faces a legal battle over ending birthright citizenship
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on his first day in office that ended birthright citizenship for illegal aliens and foreign nationals with legal status.
Supporters of birthright citizenship claim that anyone born in the United States automatically becomes an American citizen under the 14th Amendment.
Chinese women are doing birth tourism where they have their babies born in the United States to get American citizenship.
Illegal aliens have long had anchor babies in the United States to help get legal status.
Trump argued that the expansive interpretation of the 14th Amendment to give citizenship to virtually everyone born in the United States has been misinterpreted.
The amendment was originally about giving rights to freed slaves.
A federal judge temporarily blocked Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship after a lawsuit by Democrat state attorneys general.
The fate of the executive order is likely headed to a showdown at the Supreme Court.
Legal scholar argues that Trump has a chance to win at the Supreme Court
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said that the wording of the 14th Amendment may end up helping Trump in his legal battle over birthright citizenship during an appearance on Fox News Sunday.
Host Shannon Bream asked him if the Trump administration could prevail in a legal fight over the issue.
“Well, I think the initial argument of the Trump administration might be a little bit different in the sense that you have an amendment that has clarity on both ends, that if you’re born in this country, you are a citizen,” Turley explained. “But in the middle are these six maddening words that people have been debating over since it was first enacted or ratified.”
Turley predicted that this would be a legal controversy that the Supreme Court would want to take a look at.
“When the 14th Amendment was drafted, some of the individuals involved in that process, some of the members of Congress said that they believed it did not extend birthright citizenship and that has really fueled a lot of this debate,” Turley said.
He noted that most Americans don’t approve of birthright citizenship in polling and that America is one of the few countries in the world that has it.
“The law itself coming out of the courts has been fairly stable since then,” Turley stated. “But this hasn’t had a lot of treatment by the Supreme Court, so the Supreme Court could adopt a different interpretation. But the Trump administration may win either way. That is, if they lose in the courts, this is going to be playing out right before the midterm elections.”
Turley thought that birthright citizenship could be a potent issue in the 2026 Midterm Elections.
“That may be what the Trump administration is looking for. If they lose in the courts, they could start a constitutional amendment campaign. This is a wedge issue that they might invite,” Turley concluded.
Birthright citizenship could be the first of many Supreme Court battles during Trump’s second term.
Stay tuned to Unmuzzled News for any updates to this ongoing story.
