Judge James Ho Kicks Off The Auditions For Trump's Next Supreme Court Pick

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : But his application of the immigration-as-invasion theory to birthright citizenship brings him perfectly into alignment with Trump, while resolving his previous argument that birthright citizenship can only be curtailed by constitutional amendment.
43% : In a 2006 paper titled "Defining 'American': Birthright Citizenship And The Original Understanding Of The 14th Amendment," Ho made an originalist defense of the judiciary's long-standing interpretation of birthright citizenship while arguing that the only way it could be restricted would be through a constitutional amendment -- a much higher bar than Trump, acting on his own, could clear.
35% : Trump has promised to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants, but as it now stands, that would be in plain violation of the Constitution and of the judiciary's interpretation of the 14th amendment going back to 1898.
12% : In an interview with the conservative lawyer Josh Blackman, Ho, who was appointed to his current job by Trump, redefined his position on one of the most controversial issues likely to arise in Trump's second term -- and one of the few points on which he and Trump had disagreed -- in order to ingratiate himself with the incoming president.

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