Trump questions the legality of the Constitution

A few days ago, Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump unveiled an actual immigration policy, which included a striking provision: “End birthright citizenship.”

As regular readers know, the 14th Amendment to the Constitution doesn’t leave much in the way of wiggle room: the rights of American citizenship are given to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States.” The principle of birthright citizenship has been upheld by the Supreme Court many times since its enactment following the Civil War.  Read full article