#14th-amendment

#14th-amendment

"The president has no authority to take away the citizenship of a native-born US citizen," University of Virginia School of Law professor Amanda Frost told news agency the Associated Press. "In short, we are a nation founded on the principle that the people choose the government; the government cannot choose the people."

On July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, granting citizenship and equal protection under the laws to anyone born or naturalized in the United States, including formerly enslaved people.