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Legal experts dispute Professor Yoo regarding the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment

Legal experts dispute Professor Yoo regarding the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment

Some legal scholars claim that the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment grants citizenship to all children born in the U.S., even if their parents are undocumented immigrants—though, notably, this doesn’t apply to those here legally, like tourists or diplomats. In a recent paper, Professor John Yoo argues that a more limited interpretation of this […]

John Yoo: Conservatives need to consider the Constitution before reversing birthright rights

John Yoo: Conservatives need to consider the Constitution before reversing birthright rights

Supreme Court to Review Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Challenge On Friday, the Supreme Court announced that it would consider a challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at abolishing birthright citizenship. According to the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, anyone born on U.S. soil automatically becomes a citizen. Trump’s attempts to reinterpret this constitutional principle […]

Democrats set to ‘waste millions’ litigating President Donald Trump’s executive orders, University of California, Berkeley, law professor John Yoo says

Democrats will “wash millions of dollars” with little success in their executive order and court actions, according to John Yu, a professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley. . “Some of the nation's best lawyers defend his executive orders and initiatives, and Democrats will waste millions of dollars in court,” said Yu, former […]