USSC to hear birthright citizenship case on May 15

USC ^ | 04/17/2025 | USSC

[Fury]

See Order as noted

[Dr. Franklin]

This was too big for SCOTUS to ignore and wait for lower court action.

[Fury]

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/17/g-s1-58221/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship

[Fury]

My prediction - things remain status quo.

[fwdude]

They’re called “anchor babies” for a reason. The Constitution NEVER intended for this to be the result.

[Fury]

Well, there’s a fair number of people who see it the other way.

The fact that one hour of oral argument is allotted should be a tell to those who can discern.

[SpaceBar]

Yup, if you have to make up a new word for it, it was never originally intended.

[Dr. Franklin]

My prediction - things remain status quo.

I don't have much confidence in Roberts and Amy Conehead articulating the original purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment. That was to give citizenship rights to the freed slaves, not to the children of those who illegally crossed the border. I don't have a lot of faith in frat boy Kavanaugh either.

[Jim Noble]

USSC to hear birthright citizenship case on May 15

9-0 Constitutional Amendment required to end it.

[Az Joe]

If they follow the constitution, then there is no birthright citizenship for illegal aliens.

Big IF.

[rdcbn1]

I suspect that the court will uphold the Trump executive order that effectively ends birth right citizenship for anyone born past the deadline set forth in the executive order while staying silent on the status of anchor babies born before

[9YearLurker]

I don’t trust John and Amy.

[sit-rep]

i’m instantly pessimistic about this case and its timing... If scotus allows BRC then trumps agenda on this issue is toast...

[shanover]

It’s time to stop the popping out the baby instant American scam.

[TexasGator]

“This was too big for SCOTUS to ignore and wait for lower court action.”

There was already lower court action. It put stays on Trump.

Trump is taking it to the USSC.

[pierrem15]

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States

The bolded phrase was added specifically to exclude the children of certain classes of aliens from automatic citizenship.

An alien temporarily here on a tourist visa and illegals are not "subject to the jurisdiction thereof," just like children of diplomats.

That also means they are not subject to the same "due process" protections as US citizens, about which SCOTUS has erred in the past.

Citizenship is something special and is only automatically conveyed by inheritance from Americans parents. I remember as a child that both my parents were so proud to have become Americans they had their naturalization certificates framed. For my father, it also went with his framed honorable discharge from the USAF.

[ProgressingAmerica]

“I don’t have much confidence in Roberts and Amy Conehead articulating the original purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment. That was to give citizenship rights to the freed slaves”

Very few people want to admit that the 14th amendment is nothing but a slavery amendment.

There is a lot of progressive ideology wrapped up in it, there is also a lot of post-civil war resentment wrapped up into it.

This crosses deep into conservative lines and is not just a “roberts/barret” thing.

Applying originalism to the 14th amendment is one of the most unpopular things I have ever seen.

[DiogenesLamp]

USSC to hear birthright citizenship case on May 15

They are gonna get it wrong. The legal system has been polluted with erroneous ideas about it since the 1890s.

William Rawle is most responsible for screwing up everyone's understanding of the issue.

[delchiante]

1776 2.0 includes the Judicial Branch..

[DiogenesLamp]

The fact that one hour of oral argument is allotted should be a tell to those who can discern.

They are simply going to keep in place the erroneous legal fiction that most people in the legal profession are taught and believe.