Judge Blocks Trump Birthright Order via Class Action

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JUL 10

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The Spin

This executive order protects American citizenship from exploitation and restores the 14th Amendment to its original intent. Birth tourism and anchor baby schemes have created perverse incentives for illegal immigration that undermine national sovereignty and security.

The White House Actforamerica

The Constitution guarantees citizenship to all born on American soil regardless of parents' status. This order violates 150 years of established law and would create a hereditary caste system denying basic rights to American-born children.

FWD.us States United Democracy Center

The president lacks constitutional authority to unilaterally change citizenship rules through executive action. Only Congress can modify citizenship laws, and neither branch can reduce protections below the constitutional minimum established by the 14th Amendment.

Harvard Law School

This ruling exploits the class-action loophole Justice Alito warned against, allowing district courts to circumvent Supreme Court restrictions on nationwide injunctions. The misuse of nationwide class relief undermines the high court's recent decision.

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