Dozens of Republican AGs file brief with Supreme Court challenging birthright citizenship
"Each child born in this country is precious no matter their parents’ immigration status, but not every child is entitled to American citizenship," Tennessee AG Jonathan Skrmetti said
By Natalia Mittelstadt
Published: October 28, 2025 2:50pm
Updated: October 28, 2025 3:11pm
Twenty-five Republican attorneys general have filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court, challenging birthright citizenship.
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti was joined on the brief on Friday by Iowa's attorney general and 23 others: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
“The idea that citizenship is guaranteed to everyone born in the United States doesn’t square with the plain language of the Fourteenth Amendment or the way many government officials and legal analysts understood the law when it was adopted after the Civil War,” Skrmetti said in a statement on Friday.
https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/25-republican-ags-file-amicus-brief-supreme-court-challenging-birthright
