Trump and birthism

MS NOW - Trump got his start in politics by demanding to see former President Barack Obama’s birth certificate. Now he’s asking for everyone’s, argues Ryan Teague Beckwith. The president wants Americans to produce a birth certificate to vote or just play high school sports, either to prove citizenship or decide what gender someone is allowed to present, even though millions of Americans don’t have access to those documents. At the same time, the administration’s lawyers will argue before the Supreme Court that being born in the U.S. should not automatically confer citizenship, which would undermine the major use of the birth certificate. Read more.