Three Supreme Court justices just voted to end birthright citizenship, and the Speaker of the House wants to finish the job.
The Court ruled 6 to 3 that the 14th Amendment protects citizenship for every child born on American soil. Donald Trump demanded Congress end it anyway, promising his “Complete and Total Support.” By Sunday, Mike Johnson was on Fox News vowing to immediately advance a bill.
Johnson is a constitutional lawyer. The guarantee he wants to legislate around has stood since 1868, and nothing about it changed last week. What changed is that Trump lost in court and ordered a workaround, and the Speaker went on national television to volunteer.
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