President Trump's attempts to redefine birthright citizenship and redirect funds allocated by Congress are likely to be challenged in court, potentially reaching the Supreme Court. Legal experts predict that these policies, including the invocation of the Alien Enemies Act, will face strong opposition and legal battles.
President Donald Trump's ambitions to curtail birthright citizenship and redirect congressionally allocated funds are raising legal concerns and setting the stage for potential Supreme Court challenges. Trump's plan to reinterpret the 14th Amendment, which guarantees birthright citizenship, is facing strong opposition from legal experts and civil rights groups.
They argue that his interpretation, focusing on the phrase 'subject to the jurisdiction thereof,' would deny citizenship to children born to undocumented immigrants, contradicting the amendment's historical purpose and established legal precedent. Beyond birthright citizenship, Trump's administration is also pursuing policies that could be challenged in court. This includes plans to invoke the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport certain immigrants, despite arguments that the law can only be applied during wartime. Additionally, efforts to reallocate congressional funding for border wall construction and refuse to spend appropriated funds for environmental policies are likely to face legal scrutiny.Democratic attorneys general and civil rights organizations are prepared to file lawsuits against these policies. Jonathan Adler, a professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, anticipates that the Trump administration will encounter significant legal resistance when it takes action deemed illegal and subject to legal challenges. Legal experts believe that the Supreme Court, despite its conservative majority, is unlikely to uphold these policies if they are deemed to contradict existing legal interpretations and constitutional provisions
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