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It pains her to think that one of her children will have more benefits than the other, even though they were both born here,
according to the complaint The executive order caused a lot of confusion for families like mine,
Monica told reporters in Spanish on Wednesday A lot of people like me are very sad and very anxious,
The number of places where chaos will reign is actually quite high,
according to Rupa Bhattacharyya, legal director with the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection She fears her unborn child will not have the same rights to citizenship as the future child’s older sisters, and could even be subject to deportation, separating the family,
President Trump has no authority to amend either the constitution or the federal law by the stroke of his pen on an executive order,
I should be worried about the health of my child, I should be thinking about that,
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,
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
The order seeks to clarify the 14th Amendment, which states The President has no authority to rewrite or nullify a constitutional amendment or duly enacted statute. Nor is he empowered by any other source of law to limit who receives United States citizenship at birth,
the lawsuit by 18 Democratic-led states said If this unprecedented executive action is allowed to stand, both Plaintiffs and their residents will suffer immediate and irreparable harm,
Under the Order, such children born after February 19, 2025 – who would have been unquestionably deemed citizens had they been born two days ago – will lack any legal status in the eyes of the federal government,
These lawsuits are nothing more than an extension of the Left’s resistance – and the Trump administration is ready to face them in court,
I don’t think the courts will let them say that that means different things in two different contexts,
As lawyers, maybe we are a little bit overly optimistic,
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 I think that’s why Trump and his campaign telegraphed that this was going to be a Day One issue,
