Supreme Court Rules on Birthright Citizenship

The Supreme Court has upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. TAG: That’s correspondent Bernie Bennett. VERBATIM: The justices in their decision in a New Hampshire case Tuesday relied on a long-settled understanding of the 14th Amendment, adopted after the Civil War, and more recent federal laws in ruling anyone born in the country is a citizen, with limited exceptions. The Republican president’s restrictions had been blocked by several lower courts and had not taken effect. Three conservative justices would have allowed the restrictions to take effect. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com