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Posted on 04/01/2026 4:32:51 AM PDT by dennisw
President Donald Trump has said he plans to attend the US Supreme Court arguments on Wednesday on whether the US should end its longstanding right to citizenship for anyone born in the country.
On his first day back in office, he ordered an end to automatic - or birthright - citizenship for babies born to parents who are in the country illegally or temporarily.
His executive order faced immediate opposition from those who said it went against the constitution's amendment that grants citizenship to anyone born in US territory.
The Trump administration says the order will combat "significant threats to national security and public safety". A decision is expected in the summer.
The January 2025 executive order is part of Trump's effort to reform the nation's immigration system, a cornerstone of his second-term agenda.
If he does attend the court, it is believed it would be the first time a sitting president attends oral arguments there. It would also point to the importance he sees in this change becoming law.
"I'm going," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday. "Because I have listened to this argument for so long."
Opponents of his executive order, including more than a dozen states and five pregnant women, quickly filed lawsuits that challenged its legality under the 14th Amendment.
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Sorry. Terrible idea.
I look forward to this ! ! !
bah humbug to you
I don’t see the court ruling in Trump’s favor since the Great Replacement has been the elite’s plan for decades
Better to sit this one out. Love him, but I fear he will listen and slam the Justices immediately after this dealing the fate of the case.
You can change that with legislation or an amendment to the Constitution but that will never happen.
But...for census purposes....illegals should not be counted. The problem...how do you nail them down?
More genius thinking from dennisw.
Wow!
A statement.
you are the forever nay sayer here...Trump would call you Boring!
Cultists gotta cult.
I’m optimistic that the justices will side with Trump. It will take more than giving birth on US soil. How many other countries around the world would allow that.
Constitution is what those 9 say it is. If they say no or yes, no other venue exist to challenge it outside constitutional amendment or down the road they reverse themselves.
This is the first majority originalist and textualist court since at least the 1940s.
The Court was dominated by Progressives from 1940 to roughly the appointment of Clarence Thomas.
I have read the arguments. The case Trump makes is very good. I think he will win.
The reason this has not been brought up before is no one had “standing”. The only people who had “standing” were those who were benefiting from the current interpretation.
“subject to the jurisdiction thereof” has meaning or it would not be in the Fourteenth Amendment.
April Fool's Day is certainly a busy day in the Passover signage department:
"I'm going," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday. "Because I have listened to this argument for so long."
From yesterday's thread Donald Trump To Give Primetime Address On War In Iran:
And...Donald Trump plans to give a primetime address on the war in Iran on Wednesday evening, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced.
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“We will be leaving very soon,” Trump said.
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Trump v. Barbara?!
As the patroness of those who face sudden danger, Saint Barbara protects:Soldiers and first responders
Sailors and travelers
Miners and those who work with fire or explosives
All who face injustice, persecution, or fear
Her name is often invoked in prayers for safety during storms, protection from lightning, and deliverance from harm.
Saint Barbara: Patron Saint of Courage, Faith, and Protection
Just my observation, but the world is filled with injustice, persecution, and fear, so it looks like Saint Barbara hasn't been doing a very good job.
Oral arguments:
"You're Fired!" ~ The Donald
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I’ll start a SCOTUS thread with links to the oral argument audio at around 9:45 this morning.
It's very clear...it refers to diplomats who are NOT subject to our laws...in other wrods...those people who have diplomatic immunity.
Why?
Let the president sit in the gallery and watch the Supreme Court in action.
Let the leftist howl and rant and scream about the fact he did for 24 or 48 hours, and Trump owns the news cycle once again.
USSC won’t rule for months, no matter which way they intend to vote.
Let the left have their hissy fit that he’s doing it, and another insane outrage on film for the world to see over nothing
“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.”
Many babies of PRC moms never reside in any state. Mere popping out in the USA is insufficient.
The “and” is important. It means that the clause is merely retroactive as of the date of ratification.
born - past tense
naturalized - past tense
are - present (time of ratification [1868]) tense
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Shall is normally used in the Constitution for the future tense.
Amendment X uses “are reserved”.
Reserve means “to keep back or save for future or special use”
The citizenship clause is at most a one-time (1868) grant.
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Also consider the citizenship of babies born in the USA with parents having citizenship from the country of India.
The babies can get Indian citizenship upon application, but they are not born with it.
Why does India have such a system? Probably so that babies of citizens of India don’t run afoul of the complete jurisdiction requirement.
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“If birth in the US alone would constitute US citizenship (particularly following Wong Kim Ark of 1898), then there would have been no need for the Indian Citizenship Act (Snyder Act) of 1924.”
It would be silly to say that a baby of Mexican Apaches if popped out in hospital room in El Paso would be an American citizen under Amendment XIV but a baby of American Apaches if popped out in the adjoining hospital room would not.
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