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Ed Case: “Birthright citizenship, that should have been a no brainer…”

Featuring: Ed Case, Democratic | U.S. House Hawaii, 1st Congressional District

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@RepEdCase testifies at Hawai'i Senate hearing on Trump admin threat to rule of law

Published | Video Starts at 24:17

But we're going to see a flood of stuff getting to the Supreme Court in the next months and year as administration presses on all bounds to really undermine the foundations. But some of the examples, Birthright citizenship, that should have been a no brainer. Whether you like it or not, it's in the Constitution. Federal funding, halts dismantling departments, releasing citizens personal data, these have all been the subject of lawsuits that have gone really against the president. (24:17–24:24)

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