At issue is the meaning of 14th Amendment’s ‘And subject to the jurisdiction thereof’ clause
By Bob Unruh
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the U.S. Constitution actually includes “birthright citizenship,” the idea that any baby born on U.S. soil regardless of the legal or illegal status of the parents is a U.S. citizen … or not!
That has been the accepted standard for years now, but Trump, pointing out that there remain open questions about the meaning of one of the clauses in the amendment, moved another direction with his executive order.
He pointed out the 14th Amendment states, “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.”