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Article snippet: MORE’s stunning new promise to end birthright citizenship by executive order is roiling the midterm debate at the eleventh hour, fanning the flames of an already explosive immigration fight — and dividing Republican message-makers — just days before voters head to the polls. Many legal experts argue there’s virtually no chance the president’s unilateral attempt to reimagine 150 years of constitutional law would withstand court scrutiny, even with two new Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices lending a fresh conservative lean to the nation’s highest bench. Politically, however, the gambit appears custom-designed to invigorate the GOP’s conservative base with an anti-immigrant message — one that helped usher Trump into the White House in 2016 — just as Republicans are scrambling to avert a blue wave in next week’s elections. Yet if the intent was to unify Republicans ahead of Election Day, it got off to a rocky start on Tuesday, as a number of GOP lawmakers quickly rejected Trump’s claim that the president has the authority to rescind a central tenet of U.S. immigration law — one embedded in the Constitution — without congressional action. “You cannot end birthright citizenship with an executive order,” Speaker MORE (R-Wis.) said during an interview with Lexington, Ky., radio station WVLK. “We didn’t like it when [former President] Obama tried changing immigration laws via executive action, and obviously as conservatives, we believe in the Constitution.” Ryan was ... Link to the full article to read more