[4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals] Judges Pam Harris and Roger Gregory wrote. “No decision of the Supreme Court has superseded our precedent in this area, and we have no reason to think the Court will soon announce a change in course.”
They also forecast “confusion and upheaval” if the restrictions were allowed to take effect. “Even for children born to two citizen parents, a standard birth certificate will no longer suffice to prove citizenship – not under the Executive Order, and not for any other purpose. Existing administrative systems will fail, states and localities will bear the costs of developing new systems for issuing birth certificates and verifying citizenship, and anxious parents-to-be will be caught in the middle.”
My birth certificate is evidence that I was born in St. Luke's hospital in Milwaukee Wisconsin, but it says nothing about the citizenship status of my parents. The end of birthright citizenship would also be especially problematic for foundlings, orphans and other infants whose parentage is questioned.
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[4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals] Judges Pam Harris and Roger Gregory wrote. “No decision of the Supreme Court has superseded our precedent in this area, and we have no reason to think the Court will soon announce a change in course.”
