Attorney Alan Dershowitz said Monday that one question can help the U.S. Supreme Court avoid striking down President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship.
Trump, shortly after being sworn into office last week, issued an executive order tightening the rules on citizenship granted to those born in the United States. That act prompted legal challenges from the ACLU and multiple states that former vice president Kamala Harris won in the Nov. 5 presidential election. Dershowitz said one legal principle could trip up the lawsuits against Trump’s executive order. (RELATED: ‘Sorry, Mr. President’: Alan Dershowitz Says One Of Trump’s Executive Actions May Be Halted In Court)
Dershowitz spoke of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which granted citizenship to freed slaves after the Civil War.
“The amendment is badly written, and it gives rise to…
