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1. Depends on which justice

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 10:59 AM

Jun 30

The most likely to step down by all indications is Alito. That wouldn't change the makeup of the court (other than just to have a younger radical on it)

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If Trump gets to appoint more justices, birthright citizenship WILL be gone [View all] dalton99a Jun 30 OP

Depends on which justice ITAL Jun 30 #1

Alito just announced his retirement . Nt Fiendish Thingy Jun 30 #5

NPR retracted the story. Ocelot II Jun 30 #7

Unusual mistake for them Fiendish Thingy Jun 30 #8

Exactly Takket Jun 30 #12

But again, their replacements won't matter Fiendish Thingy Jun 30 #17

Who in the next two years? Melon Jun 30 #2

Only Boo1 Jun 30 #3

It wouldn't be "better" if the replacement is considerably younger Totally Tunsie Jun 30 #18

Younger Boo1 Jun 30 #20

Replacing Alito won't change the math on birthright citizenship Fiendish Thingy Jun 30 #4

Um, No. Wiz Imp Jun 30 #6

John Roberts is 71 standingtall Jun 30 #10

+1. It is utterly delusional to think birthright citizenship is safe dalton99a Jun 30 #11

Two of Trump's appointee's voted in favor of birthright citizenship Kaleva Jun 30 #14

No actually only one standingtall Jun 30 #19

Alito is not retiring him stepping down wont change the math on birthright citizenship standingtall Jun 30 #9

That's one of our anxieties 31j20b3 Jun 30 #13

How do we hedge against that? Kaleva Jun 30 #15

we need to move US citizens against such opportunism by Trump 31j20b3 Jun 30 #16