Twenty-four Democratic-led states and cities are suing President Donald Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship in the US.
The lawsuits allege that a Trump executive order signed on Monday, January 20, violates the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, which gives a constitutional right of citizenship to all children born in the United States.
“Despite a President’s broad powers to set immigration policy, however, the Citizenship Stripping Order falls far outside the legal bounds of the President’s authority,” states a lawsuit from 18 states, Washington, DC, and San Francisco.
The case could end up becoming the first major Supreme Court showdown for Trump’s second-term agenda. The 18 states filed in a Massachusetts federal court, which means any appeal of a ruling from that court will come up through the First US Circuit Court of Appeals, where all the judges are Democratic…
Source: Linda Ikeji