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A coalition of 25 state attorneys general argues that birthright citizenship should exclude children of parents unlawfully or temporarily in the U.S., citing historical legal interpretations.
- On Friday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a filing in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting President Donald Trump’s order to end automatic birthright citizenship in consolidated cases.
- Drawing on Reconstruction-era records, the brief says evidence from the 1860s through early 1900s shows citizenship depended on parental domicile and allegiance under the Fourteenth Amendment .
- Noting legal precedent, the brief argues lower courts misread `subject to the jurisdiction thereof` and says United States v. Wong Kim Ark involved lawfully domiciled parents, while over 9 million illegal aliens strain state economic, health and public safety infrastructure.
- Skrmetti and 24 other states’ attorneys general urge the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify that the Fourteenth Amendment does not grant automatic citizenship, which could redefine American citizens by birth and impact immigration policy.
- The American Civil Liberties Union and immigration rights groups challenged the executive order, while Skrmetti joined the president’s legal effort despite a federal appeals court in Boston blocking it.
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Tennessee Attorney General Challenges Birthright Citizenship In The United States Supreme Court
Image Credit: TN Attorney General & Canva Press Release: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, joined by attorneys general from Iowa and 23 other states, filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court on Friday, October 24th, urging the Court to clarify that the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause does not provide automatic citizenship to everyone born in the United States. The States argue that lower courts have misint…
Tennessee joins 24 states in Supreme Court brief on birthright citizenship
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti has joined Iowa and 23 other states in filing a brief with the Supreme Court of the United States, urging the Court to reconsider how the Constitution defines birthright citizenship. In a 30-page amicus brief, the coalition argues that the 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause — which states that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" are citizens — has been int…
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Tennessee attorney general joins legal fight against automatic birthright citizenship
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a filing Friday in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting President Donald Trump’s order to end automatic birthright citizenship. The brief brought by Skrmetti and 24 other states’ attorneys general urges the court to clarify…
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