Sadly, I agree. This is a hard-stop moment. Birthright citizenship was added by the 14th amendment in 1868 to give citizenship rights to the newly freed slaves. The amendment overruled Dred Scott v. Sandford, which held that black people could not be American citizens, either enslaved or free. The plain language of the amendment is clear and unambiguous, "All persons born . . . in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." It has consistently been construed as applying the principle of jus soli—right of the soil, as opposed to jus sanguinis—right of blood, which looks to the nationality of the parents to determine citizenship. Simply put, if you were born on American soil, you are an American citizen. Anything less than a unanimous decision rejecting Trump's efforts to destroy the Constitution would be deeply troubling. If birthright citizenship falls, there is no longer a binding Constitution.

I'm betting around 6

I worry that I'll find out.

They can do whatever they want. They control the courts and every branch of government. So they're going to do whatever they want. The government is irreparably broken and anyone who thinks it isn't is either ignorant or delusional.

They killed Roe v Wade, they will do anything they want.

Because the conservative justices have signaled that precedence doesn't matter if they don't want it to. Maybe other judges need to follow suit to make a point...

Not saying I agree with it, but this is how they will try to reinterpret that case.

Note that this was published 2011 during Obama's term, presumably when arguing that he didn't have a long form birth certificate

https://www.heritage.org/immigration/commentary/birthright-citizenship-fundamental-misunderstanding-the-14th-amendment

The Supreme Court has been co-opted by MAGA. Haven't you heard?

They're Trump's rubber stamp. And all that for the price of a Winnebago for some justices. Who would have thought it would be so cheap to buy justice...

The Constitution is as good as the powers-that-be's willingness to abide by it. And right now, all it's good for is as toilet paper for Trump's ample ass.

You think it's working right now?

That’s not how a Constitutional Republic works.

In countries that have one, you're correct, it's not how it works.

Needs to happen

Well, they haven't gotten around to releasing those files yet. They're still working on it.

But they boldly released the Amelia Earhart files yesterday. And let me tell you: I can't wait to find out how this disgusting pervert abused underage airplanes, and who were her accomplices!

Constitutional amendments are like, explicitly a check against the supreme court. They can't... But that won't stop them.

Nah. It means that people wont be able to prove citizenship anymore, so they can just sell them into slavery or whatever