Justice Clarence Thomas filed a 91-page dissent this week after the Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship, warning that the majority’s reading of the 14th Amendment cheapens the meaning of American citizenship and will not hold up over time.
The Court’s decision, which invalidated the executive order Trump signed on his first day in office, drew a sharp constitutional objection from the longest-serving conservative currently on the bench. Thomas argued the majority got its history wrong, and that the consequences will outlast the current political moment.
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