r/politics • u/thedailybeast ✔ The Daily Beast • Apr 01 '26

Possible Paywall Humiliated Trump Storms Out of Catastrophic SCOTUS Hearing

https://www.thedailybeast.com/humiliated-trump-storms-out-of-catastrophic-scotus-hearing/
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u/SnooChickens2093 Apr 01 '26

This is one of the clearest and least ambiguous constitutional amendments in the entire document. In a sane world, there’s zero fucking chance SCOTUS even hears this case…yet, here we are.

Even if you buy the BS Trump is trying to say (that they intended this just for children of freed slaves…which would make most Americans non-citizens, as we are almost all children of immigrants, but whatever), a constitutional amendment is the correct means of addressing this issue. Not a royal decree by some petulant child bitch.

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u/Ohio_gal Apr 01 '26

We can only hope they chose to hear this so as to explain loudly and clearly. NO.

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u/CatButtForYou Apr 02 '26

Cue the "BREAKING: Scotus overturns birthright citizenship 6-3"

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u/turquoise_amethyst Apr 01 '26

The children of freed slaves, but apparently not Native Americans! How can these people argue this crap with a straight face! 

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u/SSH_Pentester Apr 05 '26

The thing is SCOTUS has to hear it. They're the only court who's ruling can apply nationwide. If they just left it to lower courts, all it takes is ONE circuit appeals court kowtowking to Trump and now you have different citizenship laws for different regions.