Eighteen Democratic-led states sue over Trump birthright citizenship order
Eighteen Democratic-led states sue over Trump birthright citizenship order
Twenty-two Democratic-led states sue over Trump birthright citizenship order
Summary
A swath of Democratic-led states and civil rights groups have filed the first lawsuits challenging executive orders Donald Trump signed after taking office, including one that seeks to roll back birthright citizenship in the US.
A coalition of 18 Democratic-led states along with the District of Columbia and the city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit in federal court in Boston on Tuesday arguing the Republican president’s effort to end birthright citizenship is a flagrant violation of the US constitution.
That lawsuit followed a pair of similar cases filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, immigrant organizations and an expectant mother in the hours after Trump signed the executive order, marking the first major litigation challenging parts of his agenda since he took office.
Edit: Count is now 22 states. Thanks empireoflove2!
Why do we have to sue to have our founding document respected?
Because it's all you can do. However, this will almost certainly go all the way to the corrupt supreme court, who will find in favour of trump, and change the constitution.
At that point I hope the blue states realize there's nothing to gain from remaining in the union
Yup.
And you can 100% expect them to try to use the Supreme Court to amend the constitution to keep Trump (or his unelected successor) in power at the end of this 4 year stretch. That or they'll declare some state of emergency and "postpone" elections.
This is anti-democratic felon rapist whose party has enabled him every step of the way and already removed women's rights. They will absolutely attempt what I just described.
Because Republicans spent years radicalizing the dumbest members of our society, which unfortunately now include over half of voting Americans, using fear-based propaganda, in order to put themselves in a position to dismantle our democracy for their own benefit.
What else do you expect? Trump struck down by lightning as soon as he signed it?
Because half of all people are dumber than average.
No, half of all people are dumber than the mean.
Because it was intentionally written to be vague in places. As time passes, and sensibilities change; This allows current people to debate and reinterpret what those passages mean for them.
That's how government works.
Republicans don't want to respect 14th amendment, Democrats don't want to respect 2nd amendment.
Yes, Remember when that Democratic president signed an executive order banning guns?
I wish that were true, maybe all those school shootings would stop if we actually did something about them