Attack on birthright citizenship

By Quentin Young | editor

By Ariana Figueroa

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed two executive orders in his second attempt to deny citizenship to babies born to noncitizens, following the Supreme Court’s defeat this summer of an earlier order to redefine birthright citizenship. Trump said the Supreme Court ruling was “an unfortunate decision” so “we’re making adjustments” to birthright citizenship, which is included in the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment. Both executive orders are likely to face swift legal challenges, possibly all the way to the Supreme Court again.

By Lindsey Toomer

Democrats from Colorado are urging U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson to bring a floor vote on a measure to ban members of Congress, the president and vice president from trading stocks. The letter asks Johnson to bring the Restore Trust in Government Act for a floor vote when Congress returns from its August recess. The measure only has Democratic sponsors and would entirely ban stock ownership for members of Congress, the president and the vice president. It’s an expanded version of the Restore Trust in Congress Act, which has bipartisan support, but does not include the executive branch.

By Quentin Young

Newsline this year, as part of Colorado at 150, is publishing stories about the Colorado of 1876, and it recently completed a special reporting series, Fifty for 150, comprising 50 stories about events that helped define Colorado since the proclamation of its statehood. Part of what makes these articles fascinating is how different life used to be, but they also recount episodes — relating to wealth inequality, mistreatment of vulnerable people, scapegoating of immigrants — that resonate hauntingly with modern times.

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