Is there a way to end birthright citizenship and give the president what he demands?

Indeed, the Constitution itself gives the president a clear pathway on this issue

What follows is a sure-fire way to end the notion of birthright citizenship that has caused our dear president so much grief. Stay with me on this, if you will.

We know Donald Trump hates the constitutional provision that people automatically become American citizens just because they were born here.

He’s tried ending birthright citizenship by executive order, but is having a devil of a time making that order stick because of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

That amendment, ratified in 1868, states simply and directly, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”

Even the President doesn’t have the legal authority to violate the Constitution or any of its 27 amendments, but don’t tell that to Donald Trump.

This question will no doubt come before a Supreme Court near you, but it’s not a slam dunk that five justices will give him what he wants.

It’s odd that it even has any chance of getting the Court’s approval given that Republican justices used to be reliably on the strict construction side when it came to Constitutional debates.

Now they’re just on the Trumpian side, no matter what.