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SCOTUS zig-zags on national injunctions Vs. Democracy, birthright citizenship
Approved, Breitbart, National

SCOTUS zig-zags on national injunctions Vs. Democracy, birthright citizenship

By Neil Munro | Breitbart The nine judges on the Supreme Court showed little consensus as they grilled government lawyers about the costs and benefits of lower judges imposing nationwide restraining orders on President Donald Trump’s reformist polices, including his update of birth citizenship policies. Trump’s lawyers argued that the many national restraining orders abort the evolution of courtroom and public debates on the issues, and they also block administration planning for how their electoral mandates should be implemented. The injunctions — which are often imposed by singular partisan judges — should be narrowed to cover just the plaintiffs in each case so that major issues can democratically “percolate” through the multiple courts, the public, and the agencies, said John ...
Trump birthright citizenship order leaves loophole allowing ‘birth tourism’ method used by Chinese nationals
Approved, National, The Daily Caller

Trump birthright citizenship order leaves loophole allowing ‘birth tourism’ method used by Chinese nationals

By Katelynn Richardson | Daily Caller One loophole in President Donald Trump’s executive order banning birthright citizenship could permit Chinese nationals, along with other non-citizens, to continue obtaining U.S. citizenship for their children. The order’s language leaves room for the growing international surrogacy industry — which allows intended parents from across the word to hire an American woman to carry their child to term — to continue operating as the newest means of “birth tourism.” According to the most recent data from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), foreign nationals went through 4,713 “gestational carrier cycles” — or attempts to implant an embryo — in 2020, up from 2,758 in 2014. Chinese nationals make up the highest percentage of users, a...