Raskin: Birthright Citizenship Executive Order a ‘Loser’ for Trump

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Pam Key 15 May 2025

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Arena,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship was “a loser.”

Host Kasie Hunt said, “I want to start with what the Supreme Court discussed here today. They seemed open to limiting the ability of district court judges to issue nationwide injunctions. Do you think there’s potential validity to that?”

Raskin said, “Not really. It would mean, for example in this case on birthright citizenship, that every family in America that might be affected or every person who might be affected would have to go themselves to court to sue. That’s enormously inefficient and really unmanageable. and it doesn’t make any sense. it would be like saying, if, you know, the schools were discriminating today, that it wouldn’t be enough to get one case going up to the Supreme Court on school segregation everybody who is being discriminated against would have to go in their own district. So I don’t see the logic of that.”

He added, “I know that some of the justices are trying to avoid dealing with the substance of this case about birthright citizenship, but that’s because it’s so clearly a loser for the Trump administration. There are four district court rulings, all against Trump on this, two Republican appointed judges, one from a Bush nominee, one from a Reagan nominee, and Obama and Biden judge. The Reagan judge said it was the easiest case he’d ever decided in four decades, because it’s so clearly contradicts the first sentence of the 14th Amendment, which just says all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/05/15/raskin-birthright-citizenship-executive-order-a-loser-for-trump/

[jafo2010]

Well, if that is the case, our worthless Congress needs to pass a new amendment that clearly spells it out.  Birth in the USA does not qualify one to be a citizen.  It requires one parent being a US citizen to be come a citizen at birth.  And all here illegally giving birth to children, those children will NEVER be a US citizen.

Enough already with this abdicative Congress.  I say vote new folks in, get rid of the old, and vote for folks that represents the American people only.

And with that amendment, end the counting of illegal invading aliens to determine Congressional districts.

[Smokin Joe]

Well, if that is the case, our worthless Congress needs to pass a new amendment that clearly spells it out.  Birth in the USA does not qualify one to be a citizen.  It requires one parent being a US citizen to be come a citizen at birth.  And all here illegally giving birth to children, those children will NEVER be a US citizen.

Enough already with this abdicative Congress.  I say vote new folks in, get rid of the old, and vote for folks that represents the American people only.

And with that amendment, end the counting of illegal invading aliens to determine Congressional districts.

Which is the real reason for the invasion, with or without the vote, the padded :sanctuary" population numbers mean extra votes in Congress, and taxation with less representation for the rest of us.

[Hoodat]

Sounds like Raskin is worried.

[jafo2010]

Rep Raskin is so much a cringe worthy individual, that I cannot imagine how dumb the people are that vote for this dirt bag.

[jafo2010]

Since Congress is no longer functional, on important issues, I think we should have a national referendum.

So, let the people answer the following questions:

To become a citizen at birth in the USA, do you support children being born to US citizens and people already in possession of a greencard being the only people whose children are permitted to become US citizens? 

I am certain 70%+ would support than limitation.  So why isn't Congress getting off their atrophied posterior and making it law?