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Jake Auchincloss: “You would have to torture the 4th 14th amendment and torture…”

Featuring: Jake Auchincloss, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, District 4

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Published | Video Starts at 12:33

I'm going to ask, what do you think's going to happen with this Supreme Court decision on birth right citizenship? I think they're going to reject the Trump administration's approach to birthright citizenship legally. I mean, You would have to torture the 4th 14th amendment and torture 150 years worth of jurisprudence to find against birthright citizenship. Now, obviously, the Heritage foundation and other conservative outfits are trying to do that. I'm skeptical. (12:33–12:42)

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Asserts that overturning birthright citizenship would require significant reinterpretation of the 14th Amendment and legal precedent.

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