By Col. Bill Connor ——Bio and Archives--June 29, 2025

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A day later, the EO was contested in Federal court and an Obama appointed judge issued a nationwide injunction. This past week, the Supreme Court made history with the ruling that individual Federal Judges cannot issue nationwide injunctions. The EO moves forward, though a case will likely get to the Supreme Court, which should rule against Birthright citizenship. Trump is right on this issue, as ending birthright citizenship would be following the original meaning of the 14th Amendment. Congress should act, follow the 14th Amendment, and definitively end birthright citizenship by statute.

Section 1 of the 14th Amendment begins:

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States." (are citizens of the United States). Stop there and leave out the caveat and birthright citizenship would appear to be the clear intent. The clause, however, contains the critical words "and subject to the........

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