The justices relied on a long-settled understanding of the 14th Amendment, adopted after the Civil War, and more recent federal laws in ruling that anyone born in the country, with very limited exceptions, is a citizen.
By HOLLY RAMER and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – A federal judge in New Hampshire will hear arguments Thursday on whether to certify a class-action lawsuit that would include every baby affected by President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of a pregnant woman, two parents and their infants, is among numerous…
A federal judge in Seattle has temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional.”
