""What's at issue is can the president rewrite the Constitution. And basically we are arguing that birthright citizenship is clearly stated in the 14th Amendment and that the Supreme Court actually already decided this issue in 1898," Kohli says."
""The 14th amendment says all persons born or naturalized in the United States. It says nothing about parents. The word parents is not in the 14th amendment," Kohli explains."
Lawyers from the Bay Area are presenting a case to the Supreme Court against a Trump executive order that seeks to eliminate birthright citizenship. This right, established by the 14th Amendment in 1868, affirms that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens. Aarti Kohli, Executive Director of the Asian Law Caucus, argues that the president cannot alter the Constitution. The case references Wong Kim Ark, whose citizenship was upheld by the Supreme Court in 1898, reinforcing the principle of birthright citizenship.
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