The president’s executive order would purportedly end a fundamental right enshrined in the Constitution. But that's not how this works.

The 14th Amendment is clear. But President Donald Trump thinks he can unilaterally rip it up to end birthright citizenship. That's scary.

Brad Jones, a professor of political science at the University of California Davis, told Newsweek. Birthright citizenship has been interpreted, repeatedly, as an integral part of the 14th Amendment. Trump isn't the first to weaponize birthright citizenship but he has been the most successful at bringing this issue to a boil.