GOP figures break with Trump on birthright ruling, argue constitutional amendment necessary

Several prominent elected Republicans with law backgrounds on Tuesday broke with President Trump on the Supreme Court’s ruling over birthright citizenship, arguing that a constitutional amendment would have to be passed to change this method of obtaining citizenship.

The high court ruled 6-3 that the 14th Amendment automatically guarantees citizenship for nearly all children born on U.S. soil, even those born to parents in the country unlawfully.

Relenting to the court’s decision, Trump declared he would tackle birthright citizenship through Congress.

“No long and unwieldy Constitutional Amendment is necessary!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Congress should start TODAY to work on ending expensive and unfair to our Country, Birthright Citizenship. They will have my Complete and Total Support!”

But Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), a Harvard Law School graduate, argued in a statement on social media that the court’s decision was not procedural but rather “a substantive decision that says the 14th Amendment requires citizenship for those born to, among others, birth tourists or those unlawfully present in the country.”

“Will need either a constitutional amendment or a future court to overrule this,” he added. “Anyway you slice it, the decision is a major........

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