{"id":2525526,"date":"2025-12-27T14:09:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T19:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-could-redefine-14th-amendment-application\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T14:10:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T19:10:39","slug":"supreme-court-could-redefine-14th-amendment-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-could-redefine-14th-amendment-application\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court could redefine 14th Amendment application"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-could-redefine-14th-amendment-application%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2525526&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Supreme court will hear Trump v. Barbara in early 2026, a challenge to President Trump&#8217;s executive order that would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghans-brought-to-u-s-by-biden-deliver-250-children-securing-birthright-american-citizenship\/\" title=\"Afghans Brought to U.S. by Biden Deliver 250 Children, Securing Birthright American ...\">end birthright citizenship<\/a> for children born in the U.S. after Feb. 19, 2025, if their parents are undocumented or temporary residents. Central to the case is how the justices interpret the 14th Amendment phrase &#8220;subject to the jurisdiction thereof.&#8221; Law professors differ: Michael Ramsey says the Amendment grants citizenship to anyone born here because parents are subject to U.S. law, while Ilan Wurman argues that under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-is-the-death-penalty-racist\/\" title=\"Fact Check: Is The Death Penalty Racist?\">english common law<\/a> parental &#8220;protection&#8221; by the sovereign was <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >required adn unlawfully present parents lack<\/a> that status. The dispute hinges on whether being subject to U.S. laws is sufficient for citizenship or whether a deeper notion of allegiance and protection is needed, with exemptions like diplomats and certain tribal jurisdictions cited as relevant distinctions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Supreme Court could redefine 14th Amendment application<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2453951\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; The U.S. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/supreme-court\/\">Supreme Court<\/a> will decide a case in 2026 challenging President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> authority to end birthright <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/citizenship\/\">citizenship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump v. Barbara challenges Trump&rsquo;s executive order that denies birthright citizenship to children born after Feb. 19, 2025, whose parents are either illegally present in or temporary residents of the United States.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4356987\/supreme-court-denies-trump-bid-deploy-national-guard-chicago\/\">Supreme Court denies Trump bid to deploy National Guard to Chicago<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4355361\/trump-faces-tough-decisions-supreme-court-winning-streak-snaps\/\">Trump faces more tough decisions at the Supreme Court after winning streak snaps<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The concept of birthright citizenship rests on a Supreme Court interpretation of the 14th Amendment to include children born in the United States to foreign parents. The 14th Amendment reads: &ldquo;All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Legal experts said the justices&rsquo; interpretations of &ldquo;subject to the jurisdiction thereof&rdquo; will likely be the deciding factor in this case&rsquo;s outcome.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Ramsey, a law professor at the University of San Diego, said the 14th Amendment gave citizenship to children born in the United States, whether their parents were in the country legally or illegally. He said jurisdiction refers to an individual who is under the lawmaking authority of a certain nation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You are a citizen if you or your parents are under the authority of the United States at the time you are born,&rdquo; Ramsey said.<\/p>\n<p>He said individuals belonging to Native American tribes would not be included in the 14th Amendment&rsquo;s citizenship definition because they operated under separate legal jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p>Ilan Wurman, a law professor at the University of Minnesota, pointed out that children of ambassadors living in foreign countries are offered citizenship under the United States. He argued this is because the roots of American law come from English common law.<\/p>\n<p>Wurman said the status of a parent under the protection of the nation is a necessary condition to citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Parental status is what matters and whether they are under the protection and therefore within the allegiance of the sovereign,&rdquo; Wurman said.<\/p>\n<p>Wurman argued that English common law established protection under a sovereign as a necessary condition to citizenship. Therefore, without protection, citizenship can be rejected.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Birthright subjectship only applied if your parents were under the protection of the sovereign, and if your parents had come unlawfully, without invitation, without permission, without safe conduct, they would not have been under the protection of the sovereign,&rdquo; Wurman said.<\/p>\n<p>Ramsey argued that even when people are unlawfully in the United States, they are subject to the country&rsquo;s laws.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The reason that [diplomats] are outside of jurisdiction is that, again, as a general matter, diplomats are not subject to the lawmaking and law execution authority of the United States, because they have sovereign immunity, or diplomatic immunity under international law,&rdquo; Ramsey said.<\/p>\n<p>Wurman said people who enter the country illegally do not have access to the courts, which marks a clear distinction between those in combat situations.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3916231\/seven-in-10-ice-arrests-under-trump-criminal-histories\/\">SEVEN IN 10 ICE ARRESTS UNDER TRUMP HAVE CRIMINAL HISTORIES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s true that there&rsquo;s no body of international law that applies to people who come here illegally, who are not enemy aliens, who are not, you know, prisoners of war,&rdquo; Wurman said.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court is expected to hear oral arguments for Trump v. Barbara in early 2026. 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