Trump Just Released His Plan to Revoke Birthright Citizenship. It's Worse Than Imagined.

[Ms. Toad]

57. This isn't about Trump keeping his word.

He didn't write the citizenship executive order - it was written by someone who wanted the best chance for it to actually succeed in the courts and become the official interpretation of the birthright citizenship clause. Not a single change has been made since it was introduced in January. The implementation plans precisely track the executive order. Expanding it at all would put any chance that has of happening in jeopardy. You've seen how the courts have reacted to even this minimal change (only small group of infants, with the most tenuous connection to the US, only going forward). It will be a stretch for the court to adopt - even as limited as it is. So it's not going to change until the court has a chance to rule on it. Right now, in its original format, in this court, is the best chance they are likely to have to make a real change in decades. They aren't going to blow it. This isn't being driven by Trump.

As far as blowing in the wind - this isn't like Tariffs - regardless of how many changes he makes, it is still the same basic legal question - does he have authority under the emergency declarations to impose them?

Same with deportations - same basic question, no matter who he targets, no matter how many - still the same basic legal questions.