Judge Nap: Unconstitutional for Either Congress or Trump to End Birthright Citizenship

RUSH TRANSCRIPT EARHARDT President ░░░░░░░░ vowing to change birthright ░░░░░░░░ rules with the stroke ░░░░░░░░ his pen DOOCY But ░░░░░░░░ everybody in Congress including ░░░░░░░░ in his own party ░░░░░░░░ on the same page ░░░░░░░░ what are the president ░░░░░░░░ options Here to weigh ░░░░░░░░ Fox News senior judicial ░░░░░░░░ Judge Andrew Napolitano NAPOLITANO ░░░░░░░░ morning guys EARHARDT Good ░░░░░░░░ DOOCY The president said ░░░░░░░░ other day maybe he ░░░░░░░░ change it via executive ░░░░░░░░ But then yesterday he ░░░░░░░░ maybe he would prefer ░░░░░░░░ go through Congress rather ░░░░░░░░ executive order NAPOLITANO Well ░░░░░░░░ Congress can write legislation ░░░░░░░░ puts sections of the ░░░░░░░░ into your law and ░░░░░░░░ bureaucrats how to enforce ░░░░░░░░ of the Constitution But ░░░░░░░░ can t change the ░░░░░░░░ So if the president ░░░░░░░░ legislation that says for ░░░░░░░░ the Congress declares that ░░░░░░░░ citizenship no longer exists ░░░░░░░░ legislation would be just ░░░░░░░░ unconstitutional as the presidential ░░░░░░░░ order declaring the birthright ░░░░░░░░ doesn t exist Why ░░░░░░░░ I say that Because ░░░░░░░░ the plain meaning of ░░░░░░░░ 14th Amendment which says ░░░░░░░░ persons born or naturalized ░░░░░░░░ the United States and ░░░░░░░░ to the jurisdiction thereof ░░░░░░░░ citizens of the United ░░░░░░░░ and the state in ░░░░░░░░ they live DOOCY It ░░░░░░░░ that word jurisdiction NAPOLITANO ░░░░░░░░ are illegals subject to ░░░░░░░░ jurisdiction of the United ░░░░░░░░ Of course they are ░░░░░░░░ commit a crime They ░░░░░░░░ prosecuted They get in ░░░░░░░░ automobile accident they can ░░░░░░░░ They have basic human ░░░░░░░░ They can t vote ░░░░░░░░ run for office Subject ░░░░░░░░ the jurisdiction thereof The ░░░░░░░░ subject to the jurisdiction ░░░░░░░░ is intended to exclude ░░░░░░░░ automatic citizenship the offspring ░░░░░░░░ those who are not ░░░░░░░░ to our jurisdiction Who ░░░░░░░░ that somebody in foreign ░░░░░░░░ Foreign heads of state ░░░░░░░░ agents KILMEADE Do you ░░░░░░░░ that our founding fathers ░░░░░░░░ t have possibly foreseen ░░░░░░░░ million people here illegally ░░░░░░░░ people abusing the system ░░░░░░░░ Russians and Chinese as ░░░░░░░░ as central and South ░░░░░░░░ NAPOLITANO The remedy is ░░░░░░░░ change the Constitution Which ░░░░░░░░ very difficult Very cumbersome ░░░░░░░░ in my opinion will ░░░░░░░░ happen It would not ░░░░░░░░ a vote of two ░░░░░░░░ of both houses of ░░░░░░░░ That s not going ░░░░░░░░ happen now And ratification ░░░░░░░░ three quarters of the ░░░░░░░░ legislature How about legislation ░░░░░░░░ from Lindsey Graham that ░░░░░░░░ the house and Senate ░░░░░░░░ makes the court decide ░░░░░░░░ this and have an ░░░░░░░░ debate about this NAPOLITANO ░░░░░░░░ courts can t just ░░░░░░░░ something KILMEADE Once it ░░░░░░░░ challenged NAPOLITANO Real case ░░░░░░░░ controversy in front of ░░░░░░░░ But when a Supreme ░░░░░░░░ has looked at this ░░░░░░░░ candidly gone both ways ░░░░░░░░ recent cases have said ░░░░░░░░ is born here is ░░░░░░░░ American citizen Look the ░░░░░░░░ can t change the ░░░░░░░░ meaning of the Constitution ░░░░░░░░ the stroke of a ░░░░░░░░ If he could do ░░░░░░░░ then Barack Obama could ░░░░░░░░ gotten rid of the ░░░░░░░░ Amendment which he hated ░░░░░░░░ can t do that ░░░░░░░░ I think the president ░░░░░░░░ that I believe he ░░░░░░░░ generated this because he ░░░░░░░░ the he thinks this ░░░░░░░░ will help Republicans in ░░░░░░░░ five days remaining before ░░░░░░░░ midterms I don t ░░░░░░░░ he seriously thinks he ░░░░░░░░ change the Constitution with ░░░░░░░░ executive order DOOCY Changed ░░░░░░░░ subject and now everybody ░░░░░░░░ talking about it judge ░░░░░░░░ you very much KILMEADE ░░░░░░░░ believe he sincerely wants ░░░░░░░░ NAPOLITANO I fully agree ░░░░░░░░ you Brian KILMEADE Thanks ░░░░░░░░