Eighteen states and District of Columbia file lawsuit arguing president’s order is violation of US constitution

Summary

A coalition of 22 Democratic-led states, the District of Columbia, and San Francisco filed a federal lawsuit against Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to noncitizen or temporary resident parents.

The suit argues the order violates the 14th Amendment and the 1898 Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Wong Kim Ark.

If upheld, the order could deny citizenship to over 150,000 children annually.

Additional lawsuits target other Trump orders weakening civil service protections and launching Musk-led government reforms.

  • azertyfun
    141·
    9 hours ago

    It’s not a matter of “are they racist or not”. It’s a matter of “do they respect the rule of law or will they uphold any Trump decision no matter how unconstitutional”.

    Given the breakneck speed at which you guys have descended into fascism I wouldn’t bet very much on the first outcome.