How a once-mocked argument against birthright citizenship got four votes at the Supreme Court
The court rejected President Donald Trump’s proposal, but four justices said it was lawful under the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause.
WASHINGTON — During his first term, President Donald Trump had a bold suggestion: He could, by executive order, limit the long-understood right to citizenship at birth.
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