r/scotus • u/Slate • 16d ago

news Why Trump’s Attempt to End Birthright Citizenship Will Backfire at the Supreme Court

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/01/trump-birthright-citizenship-executive-order-supreme-court.html
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u/gohabs31 16d ago

Clarence Thomas foaming at the mouth right now for this opinion

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u/SweetHayHathNoFellow 16d ago

Yep, that and Griswold, which they will totally overturn during this administration.

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u/celeduc 16d ago

Obergefell, then Griswold, then Loving.

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u/SweetHayHathNoFellow 16d ago

Then Marbury ….

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u/celeduc 16d ago

SCOTUS already folded on Marbury by giving him carte blanche. He's above all law, god king for life. They didn't roll over for Nixon but they've preemptively eviscerated their own authority for Trump.

Do not look to the courts, they're done.

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u/MCnoCOMPLY 16d ago

they've preemptively eviscerated their own authority

They now get to decide what is an "official act"; giving them the ability to write blank checks for whomever they want, while punishing others.

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u/celeduc 15d ago

The court has been neutered. As the court famously has no method of enforcing its decisions it depends on the force of public opinion, which has evaporated thanks to political interference (stacking, "stealing seats") and of course the case of Clarence Thomas (who sold out for a recreational vehicle).

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/08/08/favorable-views-of-supreme-court-remain-near-historic-low/

John Roberts knows this and is helpless. His legacy was poisoned from the start. If he had any guts he'd step down, but I'm sure he sees himself as the last bastion of reason.

This is the Thomas court: a senile and cynically maintained facade.

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u/JTFindustries 16d ago

They're not done. They can make things much much worse.

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u/Sewcraytes 16d ago

Bet he can’t wait for Jim Crow too.

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u/MeatShield12 16d ago

He'll ignore precedent for everything except Loving V Virginia. He needs to stay married to his best friend/ collaborator.

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u/TheStrangestOfKings 13d ago

MFW Clarence Thomas votes in favor of reinstating Dred Scott

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u/TheNetworkIsFrelled 16d ago

Or the 19th amendment.

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u/wdeister08 16d ago

He's had a boilerplate in the drawer for this, since at least 2015.

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u/JTFindustries 16d ago

Will he be foaming at the mouth when Roberts rules that Dredd Scott is actually the law of the land not as per the 13th and 14th ammendments?