Schumpeter2024
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As @shipwreckedcrew correctly observes, there is an obvious way for the Supreme Court to rule against the administration without ruling on exactly what the 14th Amendment means. It can basically say the executive order is ineffective for one of several reasons not having to do with whether birthright citizenship exists or not under the 14th Amendment. Typically, a court is supposed to avoid ruling on a constitutional issue if it can rule on another basis. So the obvious move is that they will say they don’t need to reach the constitutional issue and rule Trump’s executive order ineffective.
