Congress is not powerless to stop the worst aspects of birthright citizenship.
The Supreme Court gutted one of President Trump's signature policies, rejecting his effort to end birthright citizenship. Jan Crawford has more details.
President calls ruling ‘too bad for our Country’ but says Congress should ‘start today’ to end matter – key US politics stories from Tuesday, 30 June at a glanceThe US supreme court has upheld birthright citizenship, which provides nearly all people born in the country with citizenship, ruling against a central piece of Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda.Trump called the ruling “too bad for our Country”, but said the US Congress should now take up the matter legislatively, suggesting another avenue to keep the issue alive. Continue reading...
On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz discuss the end of the Supreme Court's latest term. On today's show, Stonecourt Capital Partner Rick Davis, Maywood Strategies Founder Doug Farrar, former FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter and Kpler Head of Policy and Geopolitical Risk Michelle Brouhard. (Source: Bloomberg)
Justice Clarence Thomas shredded the Supreme Court‘s ruling striking down President Donald Trump‘s birthright citizenship order on Tuesday, accusing the majority ruling of using an “alternative history” of the 14th Amendment and expressing dismay over how it “devalues” citizenship. The high court ruled 5-4 that the 14th Amendment provides citizenship to children born in the […]
Vice President Vance said Tuesday that the recent Supreme Court ruling upholding birthright citizenship is a “major mistake.” “This was a very disappointing ruling from the Supreme Court. We respect it, but we also think that it was a major, major mistake,” he said. “One of the things that it might invite, Laura, is people…
President Trump is slamming a Supreme Court decision that blocked his attempt to end automatic citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants born in the U.S. NBC News’ Laura Jarrett reports.
The consensus view wins out at the Supreme Court, amid varied conservative dissents.
"If we want real, lasting change, it has to come through the amendment process," Sen. Rand Paul said.