President’s attempt to end birthright citizenship ‘unconstitutional’, says ACLU lawyer. Follow the latest election news with our daily live blogSign up to the Guardian’s new US morning briefing 1.55pm GMT Two Republican representatives are criticizing Trump’s desire to end birthright citizenship.Costello, who represents Pennsylvania and is retiring, calls the announcement “political malpractice.” We all know challenges of suburban R’s. The bloc of competitive R held districts less impacted by POTUS thus far are those w high # of immigrants. So now POTUS, out of nowhere, brings birthright citizenship up. Besides being basic tenet of America, it’s political malpractice.A president cannot amend Constitution or laws via executive order. Concept of natural-born citizen in #14thAmendment derives from natural-born subject in Britain. Phrase “and subject to the jurisdiction thereof” excludes mainly foreign diplomats, who are not subject to U.S. laws. 1.40pm GMT A Republican congressman has called for the Democratic midterm election campaign to be “body-slammed”.In a video posted online by Georgia Democrats, Georgia’s Republican congressman Jody Hice begins by telling an audience in Watkinsville that “the time has come” to stop Democrats, who are favored to regain control of the House of Representatives on 6 November. Related: Republican congressman: time to ‘body-slam’ Democrats’ midterm hopes Continue reading…
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PIERS MORGAN: A phone call I received from a fired-up Trump should be a warning to Democrats
President Trump called me for a chat on Saturday. It was our first conversation since he unfollowed me on Twitter in April after I wrote a Mail column telling him to ‘Shut the f*ck up Read more…