Dershowitz: Blanket Birthright Citizenship Is ‘Foolish’, But It’s in the Constitution

On Tuesday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “The Record,” Harvard Law Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz stated that blanket birthright citizenship is “foolish” and “one of the least persuasive parts of our Constitution,” but is in the Constitution, so changing it would be difficult to do without amending the Constitution and trying to do so through executive order as President Donald Trump did is not constitutional.

Host Greta Van Susteren asked, “Tell me, is this constitutional, does the President have the authority to do this?”

Dershowitz answered, “The answer seems pretty clear that it’s not constitutional. I think the idea that a person born in the United States is automatically a citizen is foolish. You have somebody who has no connection to the country, his mother was here

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