Birthright Citizenshp is "insane," says Jonathan Turley

Why Birthright Citizenship Must End Now

Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University, went on Fox News this week and didn’t mince words. He called the U.S. practice of automatic birthright citizenship “insane.”

Turley’s point was blunt. He said the country is one of the few in the world that still hands citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil, regardless of their parents’ status. He warned this is being abused and that it poses a real danger to the republic.

That warning landed as the Supreme Court heard arguments about President Donald Trump’s executive order that aimed to end birthright citizenship for children born to illegal aliens. The case has forced the justices to look at the 14th Amendment, its original meaning, and whether modern realities change that meaning.

Turley told the hosts: “The fact that we are one of the few countries that continues to embrace birthright citizenship is perfectly insane, and it is a great danger to this government and to this republic,” Turley said. ” So the question for these justices is not necessarily if they agree with birthright citizenship. I expect the majority does not.”

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