DENVER - Colorado Governor Jared Polis released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to make it harder to defend constitutional rights and effectively causing additional uncertainty around the constitutionally protected right to birthright citizenship. This ruling does not answer the fundamental question of birthright citizenship, but instead limits the ability of lower courts to issue nationwide injunctions, creates roadblocks and confusion to defend what should be basic rights that have been ingrained in the Constitution for well over a century, and will result in continued uncertainty for Americans. Colorado, along with over twenty states, sued the Trump administration over its deeply unconstitutional Executive Order to end birthright citizenship.
“This is a sad day. President Trump’s unlawful executive order and this decision weakens our ability to preserve well-established constitutional rights, creating a patchwork where rights might be upheld in some states and rolled back in others. Colorado will continue fighting to defend our constitution no matter who is in Washington, and these constant attacks on our Constitutional rights will not go unnoticed. In Colorado, we will continue to expand rights and freedoms, not roll them back. I hope the voices of constitutional defenders around the country speak up in the face of this dangerous decision,” said Colorado Governor Jared Polis