by liberal japonicus
Orange shitstain and his cankles are at the Supreme court. The guardian live is here. Feel free to post those innumerably accounts of birth tourists, I’m sure that grok can spin them up.
"This is the Voice of Moderation. I wouldn't go so far as to say we've actually SEIZED the radio station . . . "
The only qualification in the 14th is “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” So what US laws are the children of illegal immigrants immune to?
We’re not talking about something along the lines of diplomats with immunity or occupying forces subject to their home country’s jurisdiction while in occupied territory.
I’m no lawyer, but it strikes me as plainly stupid.
From what I’m reading, the Solicitor General, presenting Trump’s position, is doing an even worse job than his usual level of massive incompetence. To the point that even the political hacks that Trump appointed seem skeptical in the extreme.
Feel free to post those innumerably accounts of birth tourists, I’m sure that grok can spin them up.
“Overall, birth tourism has remained a niche activity—far smaller than births to U.S.-resident immigrant mothers (legal or otherwise), which number in the high hundreds of thousands annually. It is concentrated in a few areas (e.g., Southern California, South Florida, and border regions) and has faced bipartisan criticism over perceived abuse of birthright citizenship and national-security concerns. Exact year-by-year trends beyond the proxies above are not publicly available from official sources, as the phenomenon is inherently hard to quantify without intent-based tracking. Policy efforts since 2020 have aimed to deter it through visa screening rather than changing the underlying constitutional rule.”
Birth Tourism in the US: Trends and Estimates
Under His Orangeness everyone is under the executive not the judicial branch, and to the former laws do not apply anymore. If no one has a judicial recourse anymore, then no one is under the jurisdiction and thus not protected by the 14th. Which is exactly what His Orangeness claims. And what he claims as his authority can – as per SCOTUS – not be questioned without successful impeachment and removal from office.
So, it all makes logical sense in the current political landscape.
Don’t put anything past the current MAGAt-infested SCOTUS. Not stupidity, certainly not arrogance, and absolutely not hypocrisy. They are perfectly capable of ruling that you have to be born on US soil of MAGAt parents in order to qualify for automatic citizenship. Also that the Earth is flat and water runs uphill if The Boss says so. I’d love to be wrong about that, but we shall see.
–TP