President Donald Trump’s executive order attempting to restrict birthright citizenship, and the legal arguments supporting the order, fall flat, according to constitutional lawyers. However, experts warn, that whether judges choose to buy into the Trump administration's view of history comes down to whether "conservatives take history and tradition seriously" and what wins judges want to give the new administration.
Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order was blocked by a federal judge in Seattle on Thursday. Judge John Coughenour, a Ronald Reagan appointee overseeing the case, called the order “blatantly unconstitutional.” The order is aimed at rolling back birthright citizenship for children born in the country to parents who are not legal permanent residents.
