Thursday, January 23, 2025

Understanding the fuss over "birthright citizenship"

Lot's of checking and balancing going on here. Let's discuss in class: 

- What is birthright citizenship?

- What is the 14th Amendment?

- What does the citizenship doctrine mean? 

- The executive order in question: “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship"

- The NYT: Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Plan to End Birthright Citizenship.

- The Washington Post: States, civil rights groups sue to stop Trump’s birthright citizenship order.