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muriel_volestrangler

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Fri Dec 5, 2025, 02:47 PM 9 hrs ago

Supreme Court agrees to decide if Trump may end birthright citizenship [View all]

Source: CNN

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide if President Donald Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship with an executive order is constitutional, offering the justices an opportunity to revisit what has widely been considered settled law since the 19th Century.

By granting the appeal, the court is directly taking on the merits of a controversy that it largely avoided earlier this year, when it sided with Trump on technical grounds dealing with how the challenges to the policy were handled by lower courts.

Though the legal theories advanced by the Trump administration’s appeal have long been considered fringe even by many conservatives, the case will nevertheless draw considerable public focus to the Supreme Court term that began this fall. It is yet another test of the court’s willingness to embrace a boundary-pushing legal argument from the White House.
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The court will hear arguments next year and will likely hand down a decision by the end of June.

Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/05/politics/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-birthright

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SCOTUS Sycophant Six plan to tamper with birthright citizenship, otherwise dobleremolque 9 hrs ago #1
Pretty sure we all know the answer Endlessmike56 9 hrs ago #2
You're exactly right. PSPS 8 hrs ago #7
13th, 14th and 15th are invalid? Retrograde 7 hrs ago #13
He'll cite another 17th century Brit jurist wolfie001 5 hrs ago #25
'Executive Orders as Lawmaking' needs to end C_U_L8R 9 hrs ago #3
This court, this regime 31st Street Bridge 9 hrs ago #4
They are making their move to completely take over our laws bluestarone 9 hrs ago #5
Precedence... Republicans say that Hitler did some good things. Norrrm 9 hrs ago #6
I have to believe they will rule against Trump iemanja 8 hrs ago #8
Impeaching them would just have the Republicans blocking it (nt) muriel_volestrangler 8 hrs ago #9
I didn't mean now iemanja 7 hrs ago #14
Impeachment needs two thirds in the Senate muriel_volestrangler 6 hrs ago #17
You're probably right. iemanja 6 hrs ago #21
Such a ruling would instantly make the court powerless and irrelevant Fiendish Thingy 8 hrs ago #11
Has a transition team been assigned for when he, well, you know, croaks. twodogsbarking 8 hrs ago #10
Roughly like this? muriel_volestrangler 8 hrs ago #12
No dissents to the grant of certiorari were noted. onenote 6 hrs ago #15
SCOTUS already granted certiorari months ago for the injunction issue (with vociferous dissents from the 3 liberals). SunSeeker 3 hrs ago #29
You are mistaken. onenote 44 min ago #32
john brown's body struggle4progress 6 hrs ago #16
Battle Cry of Freedom struggle4progress 6 hrs ago #18
Marching Through Georgia struggle4progress 6 hrs ago #19
Nazi Punks Fuck Off struggle4progress 6 hrs ago #20
This is the litmus test case I have been fearing. TomSlick 5 hrs ago #22
Originalists, my ass! WTF is there to decide? OMGWTF 5 hrs ago #23
While they are at it just give him immunity..............oh yeah the 6 maga POS already did that........... turbinetree 5 hrs ago #24
Absolutely disgusting. There is no reason to take up Trump's patently ridiculous argument. SunSeeker 5 hrs ago #26
They took this case in order to overturn the law. johnnyfins 4 hrs ago #27
It just takes four to agree to take a case Dangling0826 4 hrs ago #28
Asking seriously: which is easier... Shipwack 2 hrs ago #30
Practical Aspect Considerations DallasNE 1 hr ago #31
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