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My answer is that it is inappropriate for a sitting judge or for a nominee to a judicial position to offer opinions on constitutional questions that are percolating at that time and may well come before that judge or that nominee. It may turn out to be a very simple question,
It may turn out to be a complicated question. Without studying the question, I don't know and I wouldn't—and even if I had an initial impression, I wouldn't voice it here. I would have to go through the whole judicial decision-making process before reaching a conclusion that I would be willing to express."
The 14th Amendment is clear. Anyone born in the United States is a citizen. This is consistent with Supreme Court precedent as well,
The executive order tries to define what it means to be 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the United States, but it goes against prior case law. It is the role of the courts to interpret the law, not the executive branch,
I think that’s why Trump and his campaign telegraphed that this was going to be a Day One issue,
It’s always an uncertainty when you’re dealing with the court,
Karla McKanders, director of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s Thurgood Marshall Institute, told The Recast As lawyers, maybe we are a little bit overly optimistic,
It’s obsolete because there are no more slaves, thank goodness, and it creates this magnet for illegal migration and birth tourism,
she said, suggesting that Trump repeatedly made this a top issue during the campaign so he could tee up a court fight during his first weeks in office Elected officials from across the political spectrum have raised the specter of open disregard for federal court rulings. These dangerous suggestions, however sporadic, must be soundly rejected,
Article II, Section I of the United States Constitution and the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantee citizenship to individuals born within the United States. The Supreme Court has also recognized in a 19th century case, United States v. Wong Kim Ark, the 'fundamental rule of citizenship by birth,'
Trump would be much better off focusing on lowering taxes and cracking down on immigrants who are here illegally and have committed crimes,
I’ve looked at multiple polls, looked at the question asked multiple different ways,
You don’t really see consistency like this across many poll questions but you see it here,
I understand the concerns that people have on chain migration," as Michigan borders Canada "and there is a lot of crossover that's back and forth between our citizens."
The US has managed to completely avoid that, because our political identity has for centuries now been borne on the premise that, if you're born in the US, you are an American,
I don't think it's inconceivable (that it will be upheld), which is what I would have said in 2019,
Amanda Frost, a law professor at the University of Virginia told The New York Times It has helped assimilation by giving people who are born here an immediate sense of belonging,
All you needed before was a birth certificate proving you were born here... now, you'd have to show extensive documentation of your ancestry and your parents' citizenship,
This second sentence of the Amendment means that states have to respect the Bill of Rights as well as basic civil rights and the rights that come along with citizenship,
(The ... The Supreme Court’s decision) said that the right of citizenship is not a matter of inheritance, that it never descends from generation to generation, it is related to where you’re born,
