Staff Reports
President Donald Trump brushed off his loss after the Supreme Court rejected his attempt to end birthright citizenship—rooted in the 14th Amendment—Aug. 25, saying the decision is “too bad for the Country” and insisting that he can “easily make it up in Congress through Legislation.”
The court ruled in a June 30, 6-3 decision to reject Trump’s executive order that he issued on the first day of his presidency, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing for the majority, “Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights—to freely participate in our political community. The Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment extended that promise to ‘every free-born person in this land,’” Roberts wrote. “We keep that promise today.”
Trump responded to the court’s decision with a post on his social media platform, writing: “The Supreme Court upheld Birthright Citizenship, which is too bad for our Country, but we can easily make it up in Congress through Legislation, with the support of the President, that has now been determined during this process,” he wrote on his social media platform.
Birthright citizenship is rooted in both the Constitution and 1940 federal law. But even if the law were to be changed, this would likely be challenged in court on constitutional grounds with the possibility of the issue making its way back to the Supreme Court.
Trump said he would “accept” the results of the Supreme Court and acknowledged that “it’s up to them” Aug. 24. But it looks like he may have had a change of heart. In a subsequent post Aug. 25, Trump again reiterated his desire to “correct” the birthright citizenship case in Congress while touting other cases that he won before the court.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, speaking at a House Republican news conference before Trump posted, said he was “very disappointed” with the decision and that Congress will look at amending the Constitution to address the issue.
“I think it subjects the country to serious challenges going forward and we’ll have to deal with it as a Congress,” Johnson said, saying the policy has been “grossly abused.”
THE TAKEAWAY
When Trump ran for reelection in 2024, those who voted for him said they wanted him to tackle the high prices at both the gas pump and the grocery store, and immigration issues.
But now, it seems as though Trump isn’t addressing those issues in a timely manner, leaving many Americans unhappy.
In the Aug. 14 issue of the Sun, we ran an article by political columnist Rich Lowry in which he shared some poll results. In a CNN poll, 28% approve Trump’s handling of Iran, while 25% approve his handling of inflation and 21% of gas prices. A Fox News poll states 33% of those polled approve of his handling of the economy and 67% disapprove.
“Trump wants his presidency to matter,” Lowry wrote in his article. “So, rather than being content with doing whatever he could at the margins to lower prices, he went for big, legacy-defining initiatives—tariffs and the Iran War—that raised prices. In so doing, he forfeited his signature issue of economic stewardship.”
The birthright issue addresses the immigration problem, but is it may be too extreme for most Americans?
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