Trump Plans to Put an End to Birthright Citizenship. That Could Be Hard.

Trump vows to end birthright citizenship by executive order. I’m not terribly worried that this will go anywhere but once again Trump is testing the waters and pushing the envelope, paving the way for successors even worse than himself. Most jurists will say that the president lacks the power to override the 14th amendment, and I see this as further erosion of checks and balances as Trump usurps the powers of Congress in the executive. More than just an outrageous, bigoted and arbitrary preemption of the Constitution by Donald Trump, this to me reveals Trump’s true nature as an authoritarian strongman bent on concentrating all power in his own hands. God help us.