
Future historians may judge that Executive Order 14156 marked the beginning of the end for American liberalism. But first, the American right must win the battle that President Donald Trump kicked off when he signed it. The order, which a U.S. district judge has temporarily blocked, ends birthright citizenship for those born on American territory to parents who are neither citizens nor permanent residents. Its title—“Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship”—points to its deepest purpose, which is not, pace the histrionics of liberal elites, to inflict suffering on...