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Trump Could Win on Birthright Citizenship, by Jed Babbin – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Trump Could Win on Birthright Citizenship, by Jed Babbin

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By Jed Babbin, The American Spectator, December 7, 2025

Justices will weigh the meaning of ‘subject to the jurisdiction’ in a case that could reshape American citizenship law.

The Supreme Court has just granted certiorari in the case of Barbara v. United States which raises the issue of birthright citizenship.

The case arose because on his first day of resuming the presidency, Mr. Trump signed an executive order that banned birthright citizenship for, among others, the children of illegal aliens.

The 14th Amendment was ratified by the states in 1868 during the aftermath of the Civil War. Its primary intent was to ensure that no states passed laws that would question the citizenship of freed slaves or their children.

The first sentence of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment says, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the State wherein they reside.” …

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