The Anti-Constitutional Attack on Birthright Citizenship

Donald Trump’s executive order purporting to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants and temporary visitors is flagrantly unconstitutional. It defies over 120 years of Supreme Court precedent, as well as the clear command of the Fourteenth Amendment’s text. It deserves exactly the kind of dismissive response that it received from District Judge John C. Coughenour, a Reagan appointee [...]