To the editor: The Trump administration’s argument towards nationwide judicial injunctions with respect to the problem of birthright citizenship is, at greatest, tissue skinny (“Justices skeptical of Trump plan to limit birthright citizenship but also injunctions that block it,” Could 15).
The administration’s concept that every one judicial push-back injunctions (sure, plural) to the Trumpian rewrite of birthright citizenship needs to be confined merely to the precise plaintiffs earlier than the federal judges, the district of these federal judges or the actual state by which the judges preside is, by necessity, precluded by the wording of the 14th Modification to the U.S. Structure. That 14th Modification language clearly confers not solely a state citizenship upon the native-born, but in addition a federal U.S. citizenship. By that wording, any injunction issued stopping President Trump’s tried rewriting of the 14th Modification should essentially carry country-wide scope.
This newest Trump attraction to the U.S. Supreme Court docket is nothing however an apparent unconstitutional dodge and betrayal of his oath of workplace to see to it that the legal guidelines are faithfully executed.
David L. Clark, Saticoy, Calif.
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To the editor: Thomas Jefferson wrote to James Madison from Paris on March 15, 1789, when delegates on the Constitutional Conference debated inclusion of a invoice of rights: “Within the arguments in favor of a declaration of rights, you omit one which has nice weight with me, the authorized test which it places into the palms of the judiciary.” The Supreme Court docket could hobble the judiciary as a coequal department of presidency.
The judiciary has helped advance liberty when Congress refused. Decrease courts superior liberty in United States vs. Wong Kim Ark (1898) by upholding the citizenship clause of the 14th Modification. They dominated that passage of California Proposition 14 in 1964, which might’ve allowed landlords and property sellers to racially discriminate, violated the equal safety clause within the 14th Modification. Decrease courts began the liberation for interracial {couples} to reside as husband and spouse in Loving vs. Virginia (1967).
I hope future elections uphold the authorized test of the judiciary towards mob and monarchical rule as a risk to liberty.
Keith Ensminger, Merced, Calif.
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To the editor: The justices of the Supreme Court docket ought to have advised the Trump administration that it isn’t attainable to amend the Structure by govt order. Amending the Structure is a legislative perform that requires many steps. Clearly, President Trump needs to keep away from that prolonged course of as a result of he views himself as ruler of america. That in itself violates the Structure, as there aren’t any kings on this nation.
Glenn Shockley, Winnetka
