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Laboratories of (un)democracy

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Please note that SCOTUS Outside Opinions constitute the views of outside contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. Moments after the Supreme Court reaffirmed its expansive understanding of birthright citizenship in Trump v. Barbara this June, making clear that virtually all of those born in the United States are U.S. citizens based on the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause, the Heritage Foundation’s Roger Severino tweeted “Pres. Trump should immediately amend his EO to apply to U.S. Territories which are not auto-bound by the 14th Amendment.” Hours later, Fox News host Laura Ingraham asked Vice President JD Vance about the tweet on her primetime program. He agreed that action limiting birthright citizenship in U.S. territories would be “a great idea,” chuckling , “we’re certainly looking at that.” Two weeks later, a member of the Congressional Freedom Caucus introduced the End Birthright Citizenship for Territories Act , with far-reaching lan

First report: ‘The Supreme Court Failed’: Roy’s Birthright Citizenship Hearing Will Scrutinize SCOTUS Ruling — dailysignal.com, 13d