Chris Remington ( remington@beehaw.org ) MA to Politics · 4 months agoSupreme Court upholds birthright citizenship on constitutional groundswww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up128
arrow-up128external-linkSupreme Court upholds birthright citizenship on constitutional groundswww.npr.orgChris Remington ( remington@beehaw.org ) MA to Politics · 4 months agomessage-square6linkfedilink
minus-squareMidnitte ( Midnitte@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agoIf they were going to uphold one thing, I’m glad it was this, as controversial as finding the constitution consititional is.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern ( DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ) linkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoIt was 6-3. 3 Justices need to be hanged.
minus-squareCelediel ( Celediel@slrpnk.net ) linkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoIt was really 5-4, but got 6-3 on a technicality. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, agreed only that federal legislation enacted in the 1950s grants automatic citizenship for children born in the U.S. He doesn’t agree that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution grants birthright.
If they were going to uphold one thing, I’m glad it was this, as controversial as finding the constitution consititional is.
It was 6-3. 3 Justices need to be hanged.
It was really 5-4, but got 6-3 on a technicality.
He doesn’t agree that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution grants birthright.