“The current popular view of what the law is, is not based in actual law. It’s based in policy. So it is true that under FDR, there kind of became a policy that if you’re born here, you’re a citizen. And that’s not what the law says. It’s more just like an idea that has taken root,” Federalist Editor-In-Chief Mollie Hemingway said on Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey.
Hemingway: Birthplace Citizenship Law As Currently Understood Is ‘Not Tenable’
