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Anthony Romero

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346 total appearances

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The New Yorker Radio Hour
The A.C.L.U. v. Trump 2.0

Why would I immediately allow my Supreme Court and my federal judges to be diminished in their status and power? And I think there will be moments when good people of conscience will stand up. I do.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The A.C.L.U. v. Trump 2.0

It's judges. The judges are the front line right now. It's not people in the streets as much. It's really the judges who are playing a critical role in this effort. Where do you think the Rubicon will be? On what issue and in what court? I think the one I'm most worried about is birthright citizenship.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The A.C.L.U. v. Trump 2.0

It's judges. The judges are the front line right now. It's not people in the streets as much. It's really the judges who are playing a critical role in this effort. Where do you think the Rubicon will be? On what issue and in what court? I think the one I'm most worried about is birthright citizenship.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The A.C.L.U. v. Trump 2.0

It's judges. The judges are the front line right now. It's not people in the streets as much. It's really the judges who are playing a critical role in this effort. Where do you think the Rubicon will be? On what issue and in what court? I think the one I'm most worried about is birthright citizenship.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The A.C.L.U. v. Trump 2.0

Yeah, that was the first executive order. That was the first case we filed two hours after he signed it. They want to eliminate the right to citizenship if you are born here.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The A.C.L.U. v. Trump 2.0

Yeah, that was the first executive order. That was the first case we filed two hours after he signed it. They want to eliminate the right to citizenship if you are born here.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The A.C.L.U. v. Trump 2.0

Yeah, that was the first executive order. That was the first case we filed two hours after he signed it. They want to eliminate the right to citizenship if you are born here.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The A.C.L.U. v. Trump 2.0

It was in the 14th Amendment. It's also in the statute. It's how we created the American citizens out of the children of slaves. It's also the way that we became a nation of immigrants and leveled the playing field. It's the great equalizer, David.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The A.C.L.U. v. Trump 2.0

It was in the 14th Amendment. It's also in the statute. It's how we created the American citizens out of the children of slaves. It's also the way that we became a nation of immigrants and leveled the playing field. It's the great equalizer, David.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The A.C.L.U. v. Trump 2.0

It was in the 14th Amendment. It's also in the statute. It's how we created the American citizens out of the children of slaves. It's also the way that we became a nation of immigrants and leveled the playing field. It's the great equalizer, David.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The A.C.L.U. v. Trump 2.0

And so to go at it and say an executive order saying I'm going to repeal birthright citizenship is both trying to undo a core tenet of the Constitution and also the statutory provisions, which are equally clear. So we have belt and suspenders on when it comes to birthright citizenship. And they're trying to rip them both off. And that's what's so— And do what?

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The A.C.L.U. v. Trump 2.0

And so to go at it and say an executive order saying I'm going to repeal birthright citizenship is both trying to undo a core tenet of the Constitution and also the statutory provisions, which are equally clear. So we have belt and suspenders on when it comes to birthright citizenship. And they're trying to rip them both off. And that's what's so— And do what?

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The A.C.L.U. v. Trump 2.0

And so to go at it and say an executive order saying I'm going to repeal birthright citizenship is both trying to undo a core tenet of the Constitution and also the statutory provisions, which are equally clear. So we have belt and suspenders on when it comes to birthright citizenship. And they're trying to rip them both off. And that's what's so— And do what?

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The A.C.L.U. v. Trump 2.0

If they were allowed to repeal birthright citizenship, that means that people even who are here lawfully and whose kid is born here would not be a U.S. citizen.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The A.C.L.U. v. Trump 2.0

If they were allowed to repeal birthright citizenship, that means that people even who are here lawfully and whose kid is born here would not be a U.S. citizen.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The A.C.L.U. v. Trump 2.0

If they were allowed to repeal birthright citizenship, that means that people even who are here lawfully and whose kid is born here would not be a U.S. citizen.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The A.C.L.U. v. Trump 2.0

There would be hundreds of thousands. We have clients already in our litigation who are pregnant women whose children would be born after the date of the executive order, whose citizenship would be called into question.