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Buckeyeblue

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6. Other than the 14th Amendment being pretty clear, it's an EO trying to set laws

Reply to Munu (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 05:30 PM

Dec 2025

The court will not rule on birth right. It will rule on the overreach of the executive order.

If there was actual legislation that tried to create this law, I think the SC would go out of their way to change the interpretation if the 14th amendment.

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Birthright citizenship -- the big one is coming one way or the other [View all] Munu Dec 2025 OP

I really don't see how they could overturn an Amendment to the Constitution Bayard Dec 2025 #1

They can't and they wont Fiendish Thingy Dec 2025 #3

Do the majority of them care about being irrelevant? newdeal2 Dec 2025 #4

But once Trump is gone, they will definitely care about their power Fiendish Thingy Dec 2025 #5

I think the sc has already committed judicial suicide. They just haven't finished kicking yet. Autumn Dec 2025 #9

Coming out of lurking: They are going to be interpreting "subject to the jurisdiction of" LeftInTX Dec 2025 #11

You're overthinking it Fiendish Thingy Dec 2025 #12

You're not being paranoid. Dorothy V Dec 2025 #2

Other than the 14th Amendment being pretty clear, it's an EO trying to set laws Buckeyeblue Dec 2025 #6

If they touch this (which is about clear as you can be) JCMach1 Dec 2025 #7

Not a leap from this to simply removing/denying citizenship to anyone. NotHardly Dec 2025 #8

Which is why the court will rule against, and support birthright citizenship. Nt Fiendish Thingy Dec 2025 #13

Can you be too paranoid these days? ananda Dec 2025 #10