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[ad_1] FOX News contributor Mollie Hemingway reacted to the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship.MOLLIE HEMINGWAY, THE FEDERALIST: This is an absolutely important and devastatingly bad decision for the future of the country. This decision that John Roberts authored is bad on the level of Dred Scott or Roe v. Wade.It’s that bad. Previously, we had a policy of saying if you have parents who are here illegally and you’re born here, you might be considered a citizen. But today is the first day that the constitutional right.Justice Alito had an excellent dissent as well.…

[ad_1] Supreme Court's Rebuke of Trump on Birthright Citizenship [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the most consequential and important majority opinion of his tenure as Chief Justice today in Trump v. Slaughter. In a 6 to 3 decision, the Supreme Court correctly overruled its 91-year-old precedent in Humphrey’s Executor v. United States (1935), consigning that erroneous nine-page opinion to the ashbin of history. I had argued for this outcome in an amicus brief co-signed with Attorneys General Ed Meese and Michael Mukasey that sets out our thoughts on the case in far more detail than I am going to discuss in this blog post. The highlights of Chief…

[ad_1] Tuesday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Tom Bevan, Carl Cannon, Andrew Walworth, and Richard Porter break down the Supreme Court’s latest decisions on birthright citizenship, transgender athletes, and campaign finance. They also review new polling suggesting the Texas Senate race is tied and Democrat Graham Platner is narrowly ahead in Maine, accusations that Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts have “killed millions” around the world, and reports that the president is planning to pardon 250 people to celebrate the anniversary of the American Revolution. Listen live weekdays at 11:00 a.m. Eastern on SiriusXM’s Megyn Kelly Channel 111, or on Apple, Spotify, YouTube,…

[ad_1] One of the perks of seniority the power to assign opinions. But with Chief Justice Roberts being in the majority more than 90% of the time, there are few opinions assigned by Justice Thomas or anyone else. Justice Sotomayor, who is number four in terms of seniority, has only assigned a handful of majority opinions. Since Justice Breyer’s retirement, Justice Sotomayor now has the power to assign the dissents in cases that split 6-3. This term, Sotomayor made a number of such authorships. Who did she pick? Justice Sotomayor kept the dissents for herself in West Virginia v. B.P.J., Trump…

[ad_1] The Only Revolution That Actually Delivered on Its Promises [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Revolution Was a Road Map, Not a Destination [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] America wants peace. Israel wants war. The great majority of Americans want an end to the war against Iran. The great majority in Congress just want more contributions from the Israel Lobby and its supporters. Now, most members of Congress are really squirming. They know that most of their constituents are fed up with foreign wars and want this stupid war in Iran over, the sooner the better. But they are afraid to criticize Israel’s war for fear of the Israel Lobby steering big campaign contributions against them. Their silence is deafening. Most members are trying to keep quiet.…

[ad_1] However, it’s dramatically increased presidential power, something that needs to change quickly if we are to maintain our constitutional system. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] It begins with building back a strong union movementrooted in deep solidarity. [ad_2] Source link