I’m really not sure what happens if the Supreme Court backs this cunt on this. It’s very clearly stated in the 14th amendment that people born in the US are citizens: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
So obviously, a functional supreme court would immediately rule against him, since it’s very clearly written in as an amendment to the constitution, and their job is to interpret the fucking constitution. But this is the exact polar opposite of a functional supreme court. It’s a kangaroo court whose function, it seems, is telling the emperor that his clothes look fabulous.
If they’re allowed to just interpret a thing that very clearly says one thing as saying something else… what is the remedy for that? I mean, other than a shit load of high velocity bullet deliveries, of course. It’s not like the supreme court answers to any other body.
War. The alternative is a civil war.
I mean, that’s pretty much covered under the whole “other than a shit load of high velocity bullet deliveries” bit, right?
But their parents are ee-lee-gulls!
That means they are “subject of the jurisdiction thereof.” If they weren’t subject to the jurisdiction, that would mean they are not here illegally.
The kind of people who are not “subject to the jurisdiction” of the US include agents of a foreign government, such as diplomats… or invading soldiers.
That’s the problem here: He is trying to put “immigrants” in the same category as “enemy combatants”.
Ok, I get that… but we’re talking about people who were born here. How the fuck is he going to argue that babies are the foot soldiers of an invading force? Granted, I’ve met some unruly 2-year-olds… but I’m not worried about my ability to take them in a fight.
Its not about the kids.
It’s about whether the parents are owed due process in the courts. Its about whether the people taking action against immigrants will be judges, prosecutors, and cops, or soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines.
I am not confused about the intent. The intent is pretty clear. What I’m confused about is the legal argument. The reason I am confused is that he is trying to eliminate birthright citizenship; that means that the defendants are all of the people born in the United States to two non-citizen parents. Which also means that his legal argument is that the act of being born under these circumstances on US land means that you are not subject to the jurisdiction of the US, which puts you into the role of diplomat or enemy combatant. So unless he’s trying to say that US-born babies of non-citizens are diplomats of their parents’ respective countries… the only possible interpretation is that they are foot soldiers of some invading army.
Which brings me back to the point of showcasing how utterly ridiculous that argument is, and why I am confident that any functional supreme court would laugh the case out of the building.
You’re not confused. You’re thinking too deep.
This is the birthright citizenship clause:
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
This is the entirety of what he cares about:
subject to the jurisdiction thereof
That’s it. He doesn’t care about any other part of the 14th amendment. He doesn’t care whether the kids are citizens or not. Nothing about those kids is relevant at all. The ruling he wants is entirely on those five words.
Ruled in his favor, those five words give him everything he needs to start a shooting war on the southern border.
He’s gonna argue that he’ll owe em one and probably issue them security detail forever
Immigrants in the country illegally, the theory goes, are subject to the jurisdiction of their native homeland.
Ok, if immigrants here illegally aren’t subject to US jurisdiction, under whose authority are they being detained and deported?
The answer to that question is truly terrifying.
The answer is “The military”.
He is trying to declare “immigrants” to be in the same category as “enemy combatants”.
In a Red Dawn situation, the enemy invaders would not be “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States. They would not be owed 5th amendment rights to due process; they would not be owed 4th amendment rights against search and seizure. Any rights they have would be guaranteed by treaty and legislation, not the constitution.
By declaring them outside the jurisdiction of the US, he is saying their presence here is an act of war.
And here I thought he was legitimizing sovereign citizens
NATO is gonna come get Canadians from black sites is my guess how this plays out
Wouldn’t that invalidate himself as a citizen? Because his parents were immigrants that birthed that piece of human shit from a rotten pile of garbage that is his mother’s womb.
I don’t like him either, but I also prefer accurate information.
I believe this is only applicable to people born to illegal immigrants.
According to Wikipedia, his mother became a US citizen in 1942, and he was born in 1946, so this wouldn’t have applied to him.
I’m interested to hear other thoughts about this that I may not have considered.
if neither parent is a US citizen or permanent resident, the child wouldn’t have US citizenship by birth. notably, Kamala Harris would have been ineligible for the Presidency under this rule, since her parents were on student visas when she was born. (though the Heritage Foundation maintains they wouldn’t retroactively strip citizenship but still… yikes.)
also, the issue before the Court concerns a TRO blocking implementation of the policy change. they’re asking for the Court to rule that TROs must apply only to named plaintiffs. that’s a separate issue from the legality of the EO itself, but it’s actually scarier, since it would neuter the lower courts’ last meaningful check on the Executive’s power.
Stephen Miller has indeed broached the topic of denaturalizing citizens
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/4992787-trump-deportation-plan-immigration/
Fucking asshole.
