Meet the Hack Law Professor Trying to Destroy the Fourteenth Amendment

"Randy Barnett has embraced a role as one of the loudest cheerleaders for the Trump administration's effort to read the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment out of the Constitution."

"He co-authored The New York Times op-ed attempting to slap together the pseudo-intellectual scaffolding for Trump's executive order to deny citizenship to children born here to non-citizen parents."

"Despite fancying himself a Fourteenth Amendment expert, Barnett seems to have never previously considered the idea that the birthright citizenship clause and the 125 years of precedent that goes with it meant anything other than what it says."

Randy Barnett, a professor at Georgetown Law, has become a prominent advocate for the Trump administration's interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment. He co-authored an op-ed in The New York Times supporting an executive order to deny citizenship to children born in the U.S. to non-citizen parents. Despite his expertise, Barnett's views seem to overlook the historical context and established legal precedents surrounding birthright citizenship, which have been recognized for over 125 years. His recent comments reflect a long-standing engagement with constitutional law, yet they raise questions about his understanding of the amendment's implications.

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