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Birthright Citizenship and the Crucial Clause Copy Link BirthrightCitizenshipandt Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 4:33:06 pm constitution, citizenship, birthright, 14th amendment Matt Collins

The American Mind has an interesting article on the issue of birthright citizenship, as granted by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.

Birthright Citizenship: Game On! is an analysis of the crucial clause in the amendment "... and subject to the jurisdiction thereof," which forms the foundation on which President Trump has based his Executive Order regarding the same.

Please read the article to educate yourself on this issue, which is sure to become a major news topic as the lawsuits against the Executive Order make their way to the Supreme Court, as they will certainly do.

UPDATE (January 24, 2025, 10:00 am)

Joe Cunningham on RedState has an alternate view in his piece entitled Can Trump's Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship Survive the Courts?  It references one of the cases in listed in the piece linked to above, in just the way the The American Mind said would be referenced.  Both pieces are well written, and worthy of your time to read them.

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