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Church of Jeff<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/massdeportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massdeportation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/birthright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birthright</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizenship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/whenDoWeCallItFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whenDoWeCallItFascism</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>On Thursday, at a federal courthouse in Washington state, U.S. District Judge <br>John C. Coughenour<br>—an 84-year-old Ronald Reagan appointee<br>—delivered a striking rebuke to Trump’s assault on birthright citizenship. </p><p>Speaking from the bench, Coughenour declared: </p><p>“It has become ever more apparent that to our president, <br>the rule of law is but an impediment to his policy goals. <br>The rule of law is, according to him, <br>something to navigate around or simply ignore, <br>whether that be for political or personal gain. </p><p>Nevertheless, in this courtroom, <br>and under my watch, <br>the rule of law is a bright beacon which I intend to follow.” </p><p>He then issued a nationwide injunction <br>prohibiting the administration <br>from denying <a href="https://c.im/tags/birthright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birthright</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizenship</span></a> to the children of immigrants <br>for the duration of the litigation</p><p>On this week’s episode of the Amicus podcast, <br>Dahlia Lithwick and <br>Mark Joseph Stern discuss the significance of Judge <a href="https://c.im/tags/Coughenour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coughenour</span></a>’s remonstrance, <br>and why it carries so much weight for a sitting judge to forcefully defend the constitutional structure and civil rights now under siege<br><a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/federal-judge-birthright-citizenship-donald-trump-ignore-law.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">slate.com/news-and-politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/02/federal-judge-birthright-citizenship-donald-trump-ignore-law.html</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>DOJ appeals Judge Coughenour's preliminary injunction against Trump's <a href="https://c.im/tags/birthright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birthright</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizenship</span></a> Executive Order to the Ninth Circuit, <br>which sets a briefing schedule for the next two months:</p><p>Opening brief due 3/7, <br>Reply brief due 4/4<br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/joshuajfriedman.com/post/3lhmcq5exe22f" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/joshuajfriedm</span><span class="invisible">an.com/post/3lhmcq5exe22f</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Trump promised voters he would act like a dictator on day one; and he honored that promise, in spades.<br>🔥Trump tried to nullify the Constitution with an executive order directing agencies to no longer honor the 14th Amendment’s declaration of <a href="https://c.im/tags/birthright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birthright</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizenship</span></a>.<br>🔥Trump closed the week late on Friday by daring Congress to stem his corruption. He attempted to <a href="https://c.im/tags/fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fire</span></a> more than a dozen independent <a href="https://c.im/tags/inspectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inspectors</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/general" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>general</span></a> (IG) without providing Congress with the required 30 day notice or details on cause for dismissal.</p><p>❇️The courts, responding to an appeal from multiple secretaries of state, fulfilled their role on Thursday. <br>Senior U.S. District Judge John Coughenour, appointed by President Reagan, was unequivocal in his dismissal of that executive order:<br>✅“I’ve been on the bench for over four decades, I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one is. This is a <a href="https://c.im/tags/blatantly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blatantly</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unconstitutional</span></a> order… I have difficulty understanding how a member of the bar could state unequivocally that this is a constitutional order. It just boggles my mind.”<br><a href="https://themoderatevoice.com/dictator-on-day-one-trump-goes-after-birthright-citizenship-and-independent-inspectors-general/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">themoderatevoice.com/dictator-</span><span class="invisible">on-day-one-trump-goes-after-birthright-citizenship-and-independent-inspectors-general/</span></a></p>
Franklin López<p>Given the blatant re-writing of recent history and boldface lies by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/theorangeone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theorangeone</span></a> ... for example - <br>-<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> was a love fest (14,000 hours of footage of violence are wrong LOL)<br>-<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Stargate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stargate</span></a> was his idea (Project Stargate began as early as 2022)<br>-The US Is the only country that offers <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BirthRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirthRight</span></a> Citizenship (about 30 other countries do as well) etc. etc. </p><p>...It's time to re-read #1984 by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeorgeOrwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeOrwell</span></a> - despite most people focusing on the surveillance aspect of the novel, it's most chilling prospect is the real time re-writing of history as it's happening today. </p><p>Or give Adam Curtis "Hypernormalization" doc a view.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr7T07WfIhM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=Gr7T07WfIh</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a></p>
Yehuda TurtleIsland.social<p>Obvious fact many are oblivious to:<br>Native-Americans are not immigrants, everyone else is.<br><a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/Native" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Native</span></a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/Birthright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birthright</span></a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandBack</span></a></p>
Yehuda TurtleIsland.social<p>FYI I want to point out that the 1831 case the Trump administration/DOJ is citing that describes the relationship between the US and Indian tribes, is the legal precursor to the Trail of Tears. Yes, that <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/TrailOfTears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrailOfTears</span></a>.<br><a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/Native" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Native</span></a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/Birthright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birthright</span></a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a></p>
Yehuda TurtleIsland.social<p>The filing also references the 1884 U.S. Supreme Court case Elk v. Wilkins, where the court ruled 7-2 “because members of Indian tribes owe ‘immediate allegiance’ to their tribes, they are not ‘subject to the jurisdiction’ of the United States and are not constitutionally entitled to Citizenship.”</p><p><a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/Native" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Native</span></a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/Birthright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birthright</span></a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a><br><a href="https://www.juneauempire.com/news/birthright-citizenship-of-native-americans-questioned-by-trump-administration/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">juneauempire.com/news/birthrig</span><span class="invisible">ht-citizenship-of-native-americans-questioned-by-trump-administration/</span></a></p>
Nina Bernstein<p>Yes!<br> “I’ve been on the bench for over four decades,” the federal judge said. “I can’t remember another case where the question presented was as clear as this one is. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order. Where were the lawyers when this decision was being made?” <a href="https://journa.host/tags/birthright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birthright</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizenship</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/23/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/live/2025/01/23/us</span><span class="invisible">/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Yehuda TurtleIsland.social<p>WTF!!!</p><p>"Excluding Indians": Trump admin questions Native Americans' birthright citizenship in court</p><p>In the Trump administration’s arguments defending his order to suspend birthright citizenship, the Justice Department called into question the citizenship of Native Americans born in the United States, citing a 19th-century law that excluded Native Americans from birthright citizenship.</p><p><a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/Native" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Native</span></a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/Birthright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birthright</span></a><br><a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/01/23/excluding-indians-admin-questions-native-americans-birthright-citizenship-in/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2025/01/23/excluding</span><span class="invisible">-indians-admin-questions-native-americans-birthright-citizenship-in/</span></a></p>
Church of Jeff<p>Immigration Reform:<br>First it was Illegals that committed crimes, then all illegals, then all illegals and their US Citizen children too, now the attempt to end Birthright Citizenship.</p><p>It won't end there. It will then go into revoking that birthright citizenship, and how far back are they going to be looking?</p><p>All those genetic tests and Genealogy is going to bite everyone.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/massdeportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massdeportation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Birthright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birthright</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizenship</span></a></p>
nomotime<p>A federal judge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/temporarily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>temporarily</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/blocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blocks</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s executive order redefining <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/birthright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birthright</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizenship</span></a></p><p>Calling it “blatantly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unconstitutional</span></a>" </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/birthright-citizenship-donald-trump-lawsuit-immigration-9ac27b234c854a68a9b9f8c0d6cd8a1c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/birthright-</span><span class="invisible">citizenship-donald-trump-lawsuit-immigration-9ac27b234c854a68a9b9f8c0d6cd8a1c</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a>.0 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a></p>
Menno 王 Ong<p>Het is sinds mijn achttiende voor het eerst dat ik, als ik ooit nog eens de keuze zou krijgen, mijn Nederlandse nationaliteit zou verkiezen boven de Amerikaanse. Close call, hoor. <a href="https://waag.social/tags/birthright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birthright</span></a></p>
Jan Schaumann<p>On one of Trump's first day's most vile executive orders (hard to pick, I admit) -- the ending of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/birthright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birthright</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizenship</span></a> -- I'm seeing a lot of "oh, the courts are almost certainly not going to allow this", and I really don't think people have fully internalized the extent of the Republican corruption.</p>
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦<p>¡DESPIERTA BORICUA! </p><p>PUERTORRIQUEÑOS, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BirthRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirthRight</span></a> IS ABOUT YOU TOO. </p><p>18 states sue Trump administration over order seeking to overturn birthright citizenship - CBS News -<br><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-birthright-citizenship-suit-states/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/trump-birthri</span><span class="invisible">ght-citizenship-suit-states/</span></a></p><p>AND BLACK AND ASIAN AMERICANS birthright <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Citizenship</span></a> IS ABOUT YOU TOO</p><p>Trump begins immigration crackdown with moves to end birthright citizenship, deploy the military to the border and more - CBS News - <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-immigration-executive-orders-inauguration/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/trump-immigra</span><span class="invisible">tion-executive-orders-inauguration/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/100days" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>100days</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastodonPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonPR</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Attorneys general from 18 states sued President Trump on Tuesday to block an executive order that refuses to recognize the U.S.-born children of unauthorized immigrants as citizens, <br>the opening salvo in what promises to be a long legal battle over the Trump administration’s immigration policies.</p><p>The complaint, filed in Federal District Court in Massachusetts was joined by the cities of San Francisco and Washington, D.C.</p><p>The states view Mr. Trump’s attempt to limit <a href="https://c.im/tags/birthright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birthright</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizenship</span></a> as “extraordinary and extreme,” said New Jersey’s attorney general, Matthew J. Platkin, who led the legal effort <br>along with the attorneys general from California and Massachusetts.<br> “Presidents are powerful, but he is not a king. He cannot rewrite the Constitution with a stroke of the pen.”</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/us/trump-birthright-citizenship.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/01/21/us/trum</span><span class="invisible">p-birthright-citizenship.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> will attempt to end <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/birthright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birthright</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizenship</span></a><br>
The incoming president plans to take at least 10 actions related to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a>, including ramping up <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> &amp; suspending <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/refugee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>refugee</span></a> resettlement.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unconstitutional</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/01/20/trump-immigration-executive-orders/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/immigration</span><span class="invisible">/2025/01/20/trump-immigration-executive-orders/</span></a></p>
Lynn McAlister UE<p>Playing <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Birthright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birthright</span></a> at <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/wizardstower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wizardstower</span></a> in Barrhaven. This is the only game store I’ve been in with an actual, real-food café, and oh my is the food amazing.</p>
Raurquiz<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/happybirthday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>happybirthday</span></a> @MarkAllShepherd <a href="https://c.im/tags/markallenshepherd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>markallenshepherd</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/actor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actor</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/singer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>singer</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/morn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>morn</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/startrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startrek</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/deepspacenine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deepspacenine</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/thenextgeneration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thenextgeneration</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/birthright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birthright</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/voyager" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voyager</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/caretaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caretaker</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/babylonvista" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>babylonvista</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ds930" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ds930</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/startrek58" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startrek58</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@trekcore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>trekcore</span></a></span></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>A new debate has ignited over whether Congress has the power to alter <a href="https://c.im/tags/birthright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birthright</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizenship</span></a>, <br>-- and even over whether the president, either through an executive order or through directing the State Department not to recognize some individuals as citizens, can change the boundaries around who gets to be a citizen. </p><p>Efforts to alter birthright citizenship are sure to provoke legal challenges.</p><p>Trump is just the latest in a long line of politicians who have objected to the fact that Latin American immigrants who come to the U.S. without legal permission can have babies who are U.S. citizens. </p><p>Most legal scholars, <br>even those who are quite conservative, <br>see little merit in claims that the established rules can be altered.</p><p>At least until now, the courts have continued to uphold the centuries-long history of birthright citizenship, dating back to before the Constitution itself and early American court rulings. </p><p>But if the Trump administration pursues the policies that key figures have discussed, <br>the question seems likely to reach the Supreme Court again, <br>with the fundamental principle hanging in the balance.<br><a href="https://c.im/@cdarwin/113614382980583754" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">c.im/@cdarwin/1136143829805837</span><span class="invisible">54</span></a></p>