After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against President Donald Trump’s attempt to redefine birthright citizenship through executive order on Tuesday, Trump demanded that Congress pass a law rescinding birthright citizenship rights instead. The birthright citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution reads, in part, that: Trump’s executive order, issued on the first…
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The United States Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to reinterpret the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, finding that the executive order he issued on the first day of his second term in office, which sought to redefine birthright citizenship unilaterally, was improper and unlawful. In a 6-3 ruling in a case titled Trump v. Barbara, Chief Justice John Roberts…
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“I do not love America, and never have, especially now.” Those are the opening words of America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries, a new book from Princeton historian Eddie Glaude. Released ahead of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, the book is a critical look back at how the United States has celebrated previous milestone birthdays…
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On Thursday, Trump said in a press conference that “it would be a disgrace” if the Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship. “Twenty to 25 percent of the people coming into our country will come in through birthright citizenship; they’ll become citizens through birthright citizenship,” he said, grossly exaggerating the amount of children born in the U.S. to undocumented people or…
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In a lengthy Truth Social post on Sunday evening, President Donald Trump lambasted two Supreme Court justices he had personally appointed to the bench for not being “loyal” enough to him. Trump berated Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, deriding their roles in a majority ruling earlier this year that overturned his massive global tariffs. He also denounced them for appearing…
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In a Truth Social post on Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump shared a transcript of a far right podcast that delved into racist viewpoints against nonwhite immigrants entering the United States. The podcast from host Michael Savage railed against immigrants from countries he deemed as undesirable, using those bigoted views to justify terminating the birthright citizenship clause of the…
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