The US Supreme Court has heard a crucial case considering whether nationwide injunctions issued by single lower court judges blocking executive orders issued by the President are constitutional. Activist judges are doing this all over the country on a host of issues.
The issue arose in a case involving so-called “birthright citizenship” for children born to those here illegally or temporarily, and President Trump’s Day 1 executive order directed executive branch agencies not to recognize that they were entitled to automatic citizenship. I filed what I believe is a compelling legal brief, supported by as much historical evidence as the 25-page limit would allow, demonstrating that President Trump’s executive order is absolutely correct: The Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment does not, and was never intended to, confer automatic citizenship on the children born to parents who were temporarily visiting this country, or who were here illegally.
A number of legal analysts suggest that a majority of justices will rein in district court judges and prevent them from impeding the president’s constitutional authority on a nationwide basis, including for persons who are not even challenging the directives.
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This would be a big win for the rule of law. But it would also mean that President Trump’s executive order could take effect and begin restoring the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause to its original meaning. My advocacy for constitutional principles in this case is one of the reasons that the lawfare left have gone after me.
The withering lawfare assault I have endured has taken a toll. I’ve had to expend over $1.5 million so far defending myself as I fight to preserve my livelihood and very freedom.
My defense fund has nearly been emptied and I urgently need the support of good people like you to continue my fight against the lawfare left. Will you step forward today with a generous donation? A donation today of $25, $50, $100, $250 or $500 or more would really help me and would be so very much appreciated.
I am one of the legal scholars that President Trump has studied on the birthright citizenship issue. I have long advocated that a child born to a mother here illegally or temporarily and whose father is not a US Citizen does not automatically have US citizenship. President Trump agrees with me and issued an Executive Order to that effect.
Many people did not expect the Supreme Court to get into the merits of birthright citizenship case since the hearing was ostensibly about the role of judges issuing nationwide injunctions. But they did spend a fair amount of time discussing the merits of the issue, which is something I addressed extensively in the amicus brief I filed with the Supreme Court.
My own sense of the Court based on the discussion at the oral argument hearing is that a majority of justices do want to clarify the birthright citizenship issue at this phase of the case by making it clear that a child born here must have parents who owe a complete and total allegiance to the United States and not to a foreign power, such as their home country. They struggled with how to do so given some of the practical considerations on matters such as birth certificates. Those are issues that will likely need to be addressed when, as seems likely to be the case in the near future, the full merits of birthright citizenship come back before the Court.
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In addition to the over $1.5 million I’ve already had to expend, I will need to raise at least that much more going forward to defeat the left’s withering attacks. That is why I turn to you today to ask for an EMERGENCY DONATION of $25, $50, $100, $250 or $500 or more to help me continue to fight, for my freedom and for our beloved Constitution.
Thank you for whatever you can do to help.
Sincerely,
John Eastman
Constitutional Scholar
Former Attorney for President Donald Trump