If a person is subject to the jurisdiction of both the United States and Mexico, are they subject to the jurisdiction of the United States?
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week on the constitutionality of President Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship. An executive order, signed on Trump’s first day back in office, declares children born to parents without permanent legal status would no longer be automatically granted citizenship. The policy “is deeply illegal,…
Trump’s off-the-wall theory about the 14th amendment falls flat at SCOTUS
For 128 years, it’s been clear that if you are born in this country, you are a citizen. The court must not turn back the clockI am lead counsel in the challenge to Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order. As I and my team help the ACLU legal director, Cecillia Wang, prepare for the supreme court argument in this case on Wednesday, we are…
The 14th Amendment’s authors would exclude illegal and visiting aliens from U.S. ‘jurisdiction.’
The Supreme Court will weigh the legality of Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship — a landmark case that could impact millions of Americans.
