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riversedge

(82,403 posts)
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 12:59 PM Tuesday

Trump just tweeted--and is claiming Congress and Himself can overturn the SC's Birthright citixenship..........

just like that-!! IDIOT!
It is obvious he did not read what the SC said (but that said--Birthright Citizenship was only upheld
by ONE vote. Scary!!



This is simply not true. Congress cannot do this without a Constitutional Amendment. No gray area here.

MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) 2026-06-30T16:43:33.005Z


Who knew Congress could just pass legislation to overturn a Constitutional amendment?
Helpful to know for dealing with the 2nd Amendment next time the Democrats are in power.

/sarcasm

Barstool Philosopher 🥃 (@barstoolphd.bsky.social) 2026-06-30T16:49:03.444Z


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Trump just tweeted--and is claiming Congress and Himself can overturn the SC's Birthright citixenship.......... (Original Post) riversedge Tuesday OP
"Children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are 'subject to the jurisdiction' of t riversedge Tuesday #1
He's the annoying boy arguing again Torchlight Tuesday #2
The supreme court was 5-4 against that specific claim Renew Deal Tuesday #3
Ok, I am confused. mwmisses4289 Tuesday #8
5-4 for the most important part obamanut2012 Tuesday #10
So 5-4 for some of it, 6-3 for other parts? mwmisses4289 Tuesday #12
Yes, Brett the Rapey was part of the 5-4 Constitutional issue, and 6-3 on the other obamanut2012 Tuesday #21
6-3 Renew Deal Tuesday #11
This would not even make it to the floor in the Senate. It's dead. Takket Tuesday #4
And even if it did, it would be struck down again by the Supreme Court. Wiz Imp Tuesday #13
I think birthright citizenship is safe for the time being but the makeup of 5-4 SCOTUS ruling is rarely irrelevant Ilikepurple Tuesday #45
Trump is a dumbass... appmanga Tuesday #5
Well he and congress can start movement on a Constitutional Amendment 31j20b3 Tuesday #6
Yo rapist Whip-poor-will Tuesday #7
Anybody pointed out to dumbfuck that mwmisses4289 Tuesday #9
as if it gives a fuck dave99 Tuesday #16
Isn't the EO only for newborns? FakeNoose Tuesday #19
Ah, you are probably right. mwmisses4289 Tuesday #23
That one brain cell or amoeba or whatever it is in there that makes his jowls flap does want that lol n/t Cheezoholic Tuesday #33
It could be the green algae talking too. GreenWave Tuesday #43
Nah your initial thought was right standingtall Tuesday #34
ALL shitstains school records under lock&NDAs, tells you it is stupid dave99 Tuesday #14
"Quiet, rapist piggy" W_HAMILTON Tuesday #15
Stupid!!!! paleotn Tuesday #17
Congress can override the constitution. Kablooie Tuesday #18
Congress can override the constitution dweller Tuesday #38
My neaderthal congressman is ready to vote to end birthright citizenship Danmel Tuesday #20
Quiet, slob SheltieLover Tuesday #22
Stephen Miller must be blowing smoke up his ass again. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Tuesday #24
Why can't this pox on humanity just slither away? Grim Chieftain Tuesday #25
Should someone tell him? eezapata Tuesday #26
Look boy..... SergeStorms Tuesday #32
You can't spell "Congress," Donny. SergeStorms Tuesday #27
Pedo knows nothing about everything. City Lights Tuesday #28
He's preaching to what's left of his choir. progressoid Tuesday #29
If he's so good with tests and ace them all, let's see if he can pass a citizenship test new citizens have to pass Deuxcents Tuesday #30
He pays ppl to take his tests for him dweller Tuesday #46
Isn't that special ;) n/t Cheezoholic Tuesday #31
I doubt he could even spell "unwieldy" lol La Coliniere Tuesday #35
I'm sure you're right. ShazzieB Tuesday #40
Absurd Cirsium Tuesday #36
If that's the case Nasruddin Tuesday #37
Oops, somebody just told Baby Donnie how constitutional amendments work! ShazzieB Tuesday #39
SCOTUS to TRUMP: "And we'll just vote that unconstitutional act down!" ColoringFool Tuesday #41
The Heritage Foundation needs to be fucking destroyed. Initech Tuesday #42
TRUMP HAS NEVER EVEN READ THE CONSTITUTION Jimvanhise Tuesday #44

riversedge

(82,403 posts)
1. "Children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are 'subject to the jurisdiction' of t
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 01:02 PM
Tuesday

“Children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are ‘subject to the jurisdiction’ of the United States and are citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause,” the majority decision

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“Children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are ‘subject to the jurisdiction’ of the United States and are citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause,” the majority decision

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(@oceancalm.bsky.social) 2026-06-30T16:36:42.003Z

Torchlight

(7,304 posts)
2. He's the annoying boy arguing again
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 01:04 PM
Tuesday

that the supreme court isn't omnipotent. I doubt he even realizes how annoying he is to the people he talks at, over and through.

Renew Deal

(85,500 posts)
3. The supreme court was 5-4 against that specific claim
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 01:08 PM
Tuesday

But they can try. They don't have the votes.

mwmisses4289

(5,272 posts)
8. Ok, I am confused.
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 01:31 PM
Tuesday

I'm seeing some reports that this was a 6 -3 decision, and others that it was 5-3 (or 5-4). So which is it?

mwmisses4289

(5,272 posts)
12. So 5-4 for some of it, 6-3 for other parts?
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 01:42 PM
Tuesday

Didn't know they could do that; was always taught their decisions had to be what amounts to yes or no on the whole thing.
Glad to have learned something new today.

Wiz Imp

(10,953 posts)
13. And even if it did, it would be struck down again by the Supreme Court.
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 01:45 PM
Tuesday

5 Justices ruled birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the 14th amendment. The only way to change that (with this court) is a constitutional amendment.

Just because Kavanaugh said birthright citizenship could be overturned by legislation is irrelevant when a majority of Justices alread ruled otherwise.

Ilikepurple

(835 posts)
45. I think birthright citizenship is safe for the time being but the makeup of 5-4 SCOTUS ruling is rarely irrelevant
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 04:03 PM
Tuesday

The Court itself could change its ruling in the future. The makeup of the Court may change,or a new argument may be made, or perhaps a Justice just changes their mind? One key retirement and appointment could change the landscape of this issue as it did Roe v Wade. Constitutional guarantees are rarely that. To some degree our rights exist at the whim of five black robes. Irrelevant? No, but probably not something to worry about at this time.

31j20b3

(180 posts)
6. Well he and congress can start movement on a Constitutional Amendment
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 01:11 PM
Tuesday

That avenue is open to everyone But being so difficult to achieve it typically isn't pursued past the ejaculation of its premise

mwmisses4289

(5,272 posts)
9. Anybody pointed out to dumbfuck that
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 01:33 PM
Tuesday

under his eo 4 of his 5 kids would have to be deported immediately?

FakeNoose

(43,224 posts)
19. Isn't the EO only for newborns?
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 01:54 PM
Tuesday

They wouldn't have any standing to deport American-born children from BEFORE the date of the Executive Order. It's just for babies born after Chump's order. But never mind, SCOTUS just shot this down anyway.


mwmisses4289

(5,272 posts)
23. Ah, you are probably right.
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 01:58 PM
Tuesday

The way he was carrying on about it, I was under the impression he wanted to have it retroactive all the way back to anyone born after the Civil war.

Cheezoholic

(4,190 posts)
33. That one brain cell or amoeba or whatever it is in there that makes his jowls flap does want that lol n/t
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 02:26 PM
Tuesday

standingtall

(3,207 posts)
34. Nah your initial thought was right
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 02:29 PM
Tuesday

When Trump threatened to deport U.S. born citizens he didn't like or disagreed with him he wasn't joking. This executive order was just a trial balloon for that. If the Supreme would've been so willing to ignore the plain text of the constitution in this case you can bet they would've done the same for future birthright citizenship cases too. Giving the President the power to disappear anyone he doesn't like through deportation born here or not.

W_HAMILTON

(10,502 posts)
15. "Quiet, rapist piggy"
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 01:48 PM
Tuesday

Last edited Tue Jun 30, 2026, 04:48 PM - Edit history (1)

Saw someone else use that in response to his bullshit and I think it will be my go-to from now on.

paleotn

(23,169 posts)
17. Stupid!!!!
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 01:49 PM
Tuesday

Apparently shithead doesn’t realize how all that works and how hard amending the Constitution really is. Blue states….”Go fuck your self, Donnie. Ya rapey pig!”

Kablooie

(19,145 posts)
18. Congress can override the constitution.
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 01:50 PM
Tuesday

I’ll bet there will be a case about this before too long.
Conservatives long for absolute power. They hate being limited by rules they didn’t write themselves.

SergeStorms

(21,154 posts)
32. Look boy.....
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 02:24 PM
Tuesday

a nice stick. Fetch!

He has the attention span of a fruit fly. He'll get distracted within a minute or two.

A belated welcome to DU as well, eezapata!

SergeStorms

(21,154 posts)
27. You can't spell "Congress," Donny.
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 02:20 PM
Tuesday

You've ignored them, but now you want to make an end-run around the Extreme Court with them?

Go change your diaper.

City Lights

(26,189 posts)
28. Pedo knows nothing about everything.
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 02:22 PM
Tuesday

Someone needs to take his phone away and stuff a sock in his big mouth.

progressoid

(53,594 posts)
29. He's preaching to what's left of his choir.
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 02:23 PM
Tuesday

He's trying to motivate them to come out in the midterms.

Deuxcents

(28,404 posts)
30. If he's so good with tests and ace them all, let's see if he can pass a citizenship test new citizens have to pass
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 02:23 PM
Tuesday

Or, a history test about how we came to be since he wants to celebrate the 250 years. Anyone wanting to be elected to public office should know how our system works..just basic common sense says if ya don’t know how ya got here, how can you know how to go ahead.

dweller

(29,013 posts)
46. He pays ppl to take his tests for him
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 04:50 PM
Tuesday

But it’s unlikely anyone in his misadministration could pass it either

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La Coliniere

(2,086 posts)
35. I doubt he could even spell "unwieldy" lol
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 02:31 PM
Tuesday

His new spellchecker, Natalie Harp, must’ve been nearby when he wrote that.

ShazzieB

(23,128 posts)
40. I'm sure you're right.
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 03:02 PM
Tuesday

I refuse to believe that word is even in his rapidly shrinking vocabulary!

Cirsium

(4,283 posts)
36. Absurd
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 02:35 PM
Tuesday

85% of the population, over 220 million people, were born in the country. They are US citizens by virtue of being born in the US. All have ancestors who were not born in the US.

None of this has anything to do with birth right citizenship. No one is talking about stripping 220 million people of their citizenship. It is about white nationalism, and we shouldn't pretend that it is about anything else.

Right here the other day I saw someone post "I agree that people shouldn't hop across the border to have a baby." Sure. Those women in Norway go into labor and then hop on a plane to the US. Oh, wait. It isn't Norwegians they are worried about, is it? This insanity isn't about foreigners, either. It is Black and brown people who are being targeted in various ways, no matter their status, no matter where they were born or where their parents were born.

Nasruddin

(1,315 posts)
37. If that's the case
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 02:50 PM
Tuesday

We can fix up the Supreme Court and get some fitness-for-office tests for constitutionally-defined office holders!

ColoringFool

(1,460 posts)
41. SCOTUS to TRUMP: "And we'll just vote that unconstitutional act down!"
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 03:18 PM
Tuesday

Boundless hatred have I.

Initech

(109,753 posts)
42. The Heritage Foundation needs to be fucking destroyed.
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 03:23 PM
Tuesday

They are corrupt and evil AF, and they are greatly influencing this administration. No circle of hell is good enough for these psychopaths.

Jimvanhise

(620 posts)
44. TRUMP HAS NEVER EVEN READ THE CONSTITUTION
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 03:49 PM
Tuesday

Only a constitutional convention can change the constitution. Republicans have threatened one for years but they never went through with it. Trump is either lying or has been misinformed, or both.

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