Source: Fox News
by Gregg Jarrett
“It did not take long for the litigation lollapalooza to light up. Within hours of his inauguration, roughly two dozen states sued President Donald Trump over his executive order denying automatic citizenship to U.S.-born children of parents who are here illegally [sic]. The various state attorneys general who are suing dismissed his action as a flagrantly unlawful assault on the Constitution, while confidently assuring us that the president’s order would be struck down in court under the plain meaning of the 14th Amendment. Not so fast. As I explained Tuesday morning on Fox News, Trump has a credible and defensible argument that the amendment was never intended to apply to people who broke the law by coming here fraudulently or illegally.” [editor’s note: The 14th Amendment was ratified when it was still generally recognized that it is impossible to come here “fraudulently or illegally” – TLK] (01/22/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/president-trump-has-valid-argument-birthright-citizenship