No, he’s a citizen because he was born here. Full stop.
But given that trump is a felon and Malignia committed immigration fraud to get here, maybe we can rethink Barron’s citizenship if this shit goes anywhere (which it won’t).
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What ignorant grifters these jerks are. They don’t know what ‘America’ is but dammit they are gonna try to shape it to what they want it to be.
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All it takes is 5 votes on the corrupted court to overturn the Wong Kim Ark decision to kill birthright citizenship.
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All it takes is five votes on the corrupted court to launch nukes.
Supreme Court maximalism is a reliably bad take.
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Until it happens. Which I will not be surprised when Leonard Leo’s stooges do it.
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Which it very obviously won’t.
ETA: John Roberts is not the Supreme Commander of the Universe.
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Canada does, but with the new tariffs… 
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Let’s be clear - GOP appear to adhere to partial statements and many in the US will not fact check if it is true. so here:
The difference between settlers and immigrants is that settlers come to build something completely new, and, crucially, to drive out or kill the people already there, taking their land and resources. These are not my words, they are from Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. The 100-Year-Old Racist Law that Broke America’s Immigration System - Public Books
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Your corrupted court did everything possible to bring him back to power
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“a nation of settlers, not immigrants”?
Is that some kind of joke? Dazzle them with B S?
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The Claremont Institute is not affiliated with the Claremont Colleges, which are ranked among the top liberal arts colleges in the country.
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No shit? You think I’m defending that dogshit bad faith court? No, I am merely describing the extent of its reach, which does not include wholesale ignoring the plain and unambiguous text of the 14th Amendment and over 130 years of precedent affirming that it means exactly what it obviously says.
Or who knows, maybe John Roberts will nuke San Francisco. That makes as much sense as this stupid citizenship argument. Hurr durr, up is down and Social Security violates the 13th Amendment.
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I’m no lawyer, but does that mean basically “heads we win, tails they lose”? Because just crossing the Mexico border without permission is some kind of crime now, so none are innocent.
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Yes, that’s precisely their argument. I am not kidding.
It’s only a misdemeanor. And unless they catch you in the act, they can’t prove it. Just being here without permission isn’t even a misdemeanor, just a civil offense that might cause you to have to pay a fine (and get deported).
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I read this week that Canada won’t even allow electricity across the US border, if the new Trump-Hawley tariffs are imposed.
(Yeah, I know Josh Hawley isn’t even involved yet, but the parallels to “Smoot-Hawley” were irresistable. The old history books gave Smoot-Hawley a lot of credit for kicking off the Great Depression.)
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It says everything about the quality of their faculty.
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Oh dear, but how people many make a group? And how does anyone prove that? Did they have a group certificate to make it official? If brought by force on a boat, did they come as a group or individual? I mean, this has all got to be very legal as per provable in a court of law as to up or down, and that means measurable.
My guess is that the measurable component will the amount of melanin in the skin.
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Native Americans came from somewhere else also.
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The phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” in the amendment limits it to only those with allegiance to the United States, they argue — a reading that they say would exclude undocumented immigrants.
So, I speak under correction, as a non-legally-trained layperson, but … can these undocumented immigrants not be arrested by federal agents? Charged with crimes? Deported?
Well then, how in seven netherhells would they not be “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States?
Actually, let me ask the question a different way: Eastman is still a complete moron, isn’t he?
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I predict another great toilet paper shortage, like during COVID!
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