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@MeachamDr Intimidation would be my guess. He isn't going to just sit there quietly, either. Should be quite a show.

So why is Trump attending the SCOTUS hearing on birthright citizenship? It’s not like he’s going to understand any of the words being said.

@ArmedAndGentle @SleestakMack If an undocumented person commits a crime, they are arrested and tried in a U.S. court. If they weren't under U.S. jurisdiction, the government would have no legal authority to prosecute them or even deport them for that matter.

@Nebraskawriter2 @SleestakMack No, not the illegal ones. They are NOT under US jurisdiction. The government doesn't even know they are here. Habeas corpus and judicial due process does not apply to them because judicial system doesn't know who they are. Deportation is the only process available to them.

If a foreign diplomat gives birth in New York, the child is not a US citizen. But if the diplomat illegally sneaks into the country and THEN gives birth, bingo! US citizenship! That’s how dumb our current interpretation of the 14th Amendment is.

@james_xond Yeah but not in a negative way, not for me, at least. There is a certain peacefulness in knowing that you don't have decades left to navigate. My kids are grown. They have kids of their own. They are in good places, so...

When people get in their 50s and 60s and up, do you start thinking about how many years you have left? I’m curious..

@nyttypos @NormOrnstein There isn't. There are special seating areas but nothing designated for the President.

@NormOrnstein Unless the Court has gotten rid of the designated chair referenced in this 1986 National Park Service nomination to the Registry of Historic Places, then yes, there is a designated chair.

Cultist gonna lie. The Supreme Court's courtroom is designed for the Justices, attorneys, and select guests, with no special seating arrangements for the President during oral arguments. While the President can attend as a guest, there is no designated chair for them. Notably, there is no official record of any sitting President attending oral arguments.

@SleestakMack The problem with that is you are making assumptions about what the authors of the amendment meant as opposed to interpreting the verbiage as written. Subject to the jurisdiction thereof, the laws of the country, not the politics or allegiance of it. SCOTUS will decide I guess.

@Nebraskawriter2 There is no question that illegal aliens are subject to in personum jurisdiction, no one disputes that. The question is whether they are subject to “full” or “political” jurisdiction in the old common law sense, which is likely what the amendment is referencing.

@SleestakMack I don't know if I agree that they should have citizenship but the constitution does say they do. If Trump wants to change that, he needs to change the Constitution, not try to usurp the authority of the legislative branch.

@johnpetrey @davec_NH There is a multi-layered system of tracking and verifying mail-in votes. Most states use Intelligent Mail barcodes, which allow both the election office and the voter to track the ballot’s progress through the USPS system, much like a commercial package.

@davec_NH With mail-in voting there is no auditable chain of custody & thus no ability to detect fraud. You can never know who got the ballot, who completed the ballot, was person coerced or did they sell the ballot, etc. No fraud detection = no fraud measurement = no election integrity.

The Trump EO on mail in ballots may be BRILLIANT - States run elections per the Constitution. Don't fight them on that ....... BUT - the mail system is Federal, you want to use that - follow our rules.

@davec_NH @RobertLutherFL First of all, he can't use federal funds in a punitive manner. That's already be adjudicated in court. Second, the Constitution is pretty clear. The language isn't vague in any way. The Executive branch has no control over the election process. This is DOA in the court system.

@RobertLutherFL So does that apply to the restrictions on shipment of handguns to "FFL only" by the USPS ?

@atrupar That should be interesting. What are the odds he is going to sit there and say nothing?

"This was about the babies of slaves" -- Trump says he's going to the Supreme Court for the birthright citizenship arguments

@_Duphorn_ @marceelias Not sure where you get your metrics from but: January 2026: Democrats: 27% Republicans: 27% Independents: 45% Mine comes from Pew Research and Gallup News.

@marceelias Your Panic is delicious. The world is about to discover that the Democrat Party represents just 4-6% of the U.S. population.

If Trump signs an unconstitutional Executive Order to take over voting, we will sue. I don't bluff and I usually win.

@marceelias Go get 'em, Marc

@Acyn Forcing himself on people is something he knows all about, just ask the women he has raped.

Trump: Chicago should call and say we would like help. New York should call. Los Angeles should call… We are going to have to force ourselves upon them.

@atrupar Pretty sure we didn't win that one.

Rep. Rich McCormick: "We were horrible in Vietnam until we did Rolling Thunder One and Rolling Thunder Two, and then we won. As soon as we do half-measures, we lose. The faster we get this over the better. If we seize Kharg Island, it's technically boots on the ground. It could be done almost flawlessly. If we have enough firepower, it would be very easy to defend."

@upstatefederlst No but it does have to be constitutional. This one, just link the others like it is not constitutional.

Once again: it cannot be true that every executive action requires the unanimous consent of the entire judicial branch.

@HQNewsNow How many times is he going to sign the same basic EO only to have the courts tell him no?

Trump announces he is issuing an unconstitutional executive order to shut down mail-in voting nationwide and he will defund states if they do not comply with him

@thewildbill59 @reaganreese_ @DailyCaller No, that's why this keeps getting knock out in court. The Executive Branch does not determine the date or method of elections. That is A) determined by state legislatures and B) Congress as a back up. The president isn't in the loop there.

@reaganreese_ @DailyCaller The US Government determines the date and methods of executing federal elections. Bad news for nut jobs.

SCOOP: Trump will sign an executive order at 5pm, cracking down on mail-in voting across the country, @DailyCaller has learned. The executive order will require the admin to create a list of confirmed U.S. citizens who are eligible to vote in each state. It will also mandate that absentee ballots only be sent to those on each state's approved mail-in ballot list. Ballots will now have specific secure envelopes, with unique barcodes for tracking. States who disobey the order may lose federal funds under the presidential action.

@JF_Adams73 @reaganreese_ @DailyCaller By any judge...

@reaganreese_ @DailyCaller This will get overturned by a radical judge in less than a week

@reaganreese_ @DailyCaller Never survive a court challenge. He has already tried this in several forms and it got knocked out each time. The courts also knocked down previous attempts to use federal funds as a punitive tool. He is finally getting the SAVE Act isn't going to pass, though.

@Polymarket That explains his forehead I guess.

BREAKING: Former Congressman Matt Gaetz reveals he was once briefed on alien "breeding programs" where captured aliens were breeding with humans to create a hybrid race.