Public sentiment about the Supreme Court's ruling on birthright citizenship is deeply divided, with many supporting it as a necessary reinforcement of U.S. immigration laws while others vehemently oppose it due to concerns over its impact on immigrant families and the erosion of fundamental citizenship rights. This division illustrates sharp contrasts in perception regarding justice, governance, and the implications for undocumented individuals and communities.

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He just called for insurrection again with the National Guard.

TintedApostle

The insurrection wasn’t Jan 6. 

The insurrection was the coordinated efforts by the Trump administration to replace electors with fraudulent electors in Arizona, Michigan, and several other states and overturn the election.

Jan 6 was just one phase.

El_mochilero

It wasn't a riot, it was an insurrection.

asetniop

It doesn't even need to be directly related to the "riot" (meaning insurrection) itself. He gave aid and comfort to insurrectionists repeatedly by saying they are political prisoners and that he would pardon them. That alone is enough according the US constitution.

happijak

He’s doing it again here in Texas. At our border. He’s inciting. 

Fellowshipofthebowl

Hopefully they stretch before the mental gymnastics needed to say that Trump is not a traitor.

im_rusty_shakleford

Jan 6th? How about this week? He encouraged all sympathetic governors to send their national guards to Texas to rebel against the US government. This. Week. 

Cool-Presentation538

Trump sat there for hours, watching the insurrection unfold, while his friends, family, FOX News hosts, and Republican colleagues inside the Capital all begged him to call off the mob.

He did nothing but pour fuel on the fire.  For **hours**.

It's insane that Trump isn't in jail pending trial for this alone.  It's insane that we already know the Supreme Court will not hold him to account.

How am I supposed to raise my daughters to believe in fairness and justice when the worst person in the world gets to be rich, gets to be the president, gets to be criminal, gets to be a traitor... and gets away with all of it?

flossdaily

It's a slam dunk. But we'll see how each and every Justice handles it.

Newscast_Now

Thomas must recuse himself because he is married to an insurrectionist. 

Wonder if Ginny Thomas’s activities can be introduced as evidence?

youtellmebob

We hallways had peaceful transition of power. This is the only mofo who incited a wave of supporters to storm the nation.

LightWarrior_2000

If they overturn and allow Trump on, States could point to TX and say that SCOTUS rulings are non-binding and at best 'advisory' and remove him from the ballot.

tommyjaspers

They are desperately trying to come up with a way to rescue Trump that won't end with them dancing at the ends of ropes after the Civil War they would trigger.

JubalHarshaw23

Speaking as someone who lives outside the US,  but realizes that the occupant of the White House affects the life of everyone on the planet.       
   If Trump will not respect and honour the Constitution during the election process, he will not respect it when President.  He needs to stop  threatening his opponents and their supporters.  He needs to stop  interfering in current issues,  the border, Ukraine, Israel, because he thinks he gets  a benefit.  The would be emperor has no clothes.   He is doing permanent damage to the classic conservative argument and   he is not making America great.  In the minds of many around  the world, the division he is creating  in the US is  fatally wounding the country.

Hot-Ranger392

"Urged" is a little bit of an understatement. The Supreme Court is *required* to interpret the constitution as written or it is very likely that several states and half of Congress will simply ignore them. Their power exists only from their legitimacy and twisting the constitution for the sake of a rapist con man would be the end of 247 years of legitimacy.

Additionally, the Jan 6th insurrection wasn't a "riot". 1000+ terrorists have either been convicted or are facing charges for crimes related to insurrection.

Nevermind04

It wasn't a riot. It was an attempted coup. 

Fuck off, AP.

ShakesbeerMe

I know there's no chance in hell they actually rule him inelligible no matter what insane legal mumbo jumbo it takes to get them there. 

But... Damn wouldn't it be glorious if they actually did uphold the constitution?

morfraen

Felons aren’t allowed to vote but trump running again makes sense to people? Disappointing

SweetSonet

The reason why it took Trump four hours to stop it is cuz he was waiting to see if he was able to stop the counting. After he realized it was an unsuccessful coup, he urged them to stop.

I don’t know why this hasn’t been argued yet.

HotBeefInjections

It's fascinating to watch. You have all these checks and balances to safeguard against fascist takeover, but non of them are working.

Armadillodillodillo

Jesus christ I'm so tired of these headlines.  Do something or stfu.

mastiffmad

The SCOTUS will argue what the definition of an “insurrection” participate is. They will say because Trump did not “physically” lead them in there and his words were just political conjuncture it is not to the level of what the amendment was created for. Those generals and the like actively fought in the front lines. Unless there is smoking gun evidence that trump pulled the strings and not his hinch men, SCOTUS will figure out a way to say he must stay on the ballot. 

There is no honor to the SCOTUS any more now that every decision is a partisan tit for tat game. Politics in this country has turned into a shit show like none other. 

I still have hope the people will go out to vote and make sure Trump does not win. It will come down to only a few states like PA, AZ, GA, NV, VA unfortunately.

The real travesty is the out dated electoral college and the disenfranchisement that creates. It works both ways. RCV seems to be the more sensible way to vote and if it wasn’t for electoral college, the decisions SCOTUS has to make would not even matter. We all could lay down to sleep at night with a little less worry that Trump will not actually win a second term.

hernjosa02

It wasn't a "riot", it was a coup attempt.

Stop Normalizing this shit, AP headline writers.

[deleted]

Maybe this is why Nikki Haley hasn't dropped out?

earthwormjimwow

Add his recent comments on Texas to the filing. It hasn’t ended.

elainegeorge

He’s trying to pull similar shit in Texas *right now*. The guy is a tyrannical fuckin’ chimp.

love_is_an_action

Man the meltdown from Trump will be glorious if the Supreme Court rules he's ineligible.

welestgw

I hate that my son's coming of age and will probably have to fight in an orange man's war

[Not to mention literally calling on other states to illegally send their National Guards to aid in Texas’s illegal actions at the border.](https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1abpgmy/trump_calls_on_all_willing_states_to_send/)

OfficialDCShepard

&gt;The Colorado Supreme Court’s 4-3 ruling should be reversed for any of several reasons, Trump’s lawyers wrote, including that Trump did not engage in insurrection and that the presidency is not covered by the amendment.

So his lawyers are claiming that not only was it NOT an insurrection, but even if it was, it doesn't apply to presidents.

Good luck with that.  Unlike some amendments who's intent has been muddied (ie did the founding fathers intend for citizens to one day own AR-15s?), we know exactly why this amendment happened and I doubt Jefferson Davis would've been allowed to run for president of the US.

I've heard arguments that Trump needs to lose at the polls, but I disagree for 3 reasons.  

1.  Setting a precedence that Presidents can do what he did and still be allowed to run again is dangerous.  Like "this is the moment where American democracy began to collapse" dangerous.

2.  Trump can NEVER lose.  Meaning he will never admit defeat as we have already seen.  Let's say he's allowed to run again and loses again, Jan 6th 2021 was practice and now he knows what to do to possibly have the insurrection succeed.  And since the SC has already ruled he isn't barred from running again, in the chance that it isn't successful, he can keep doing this until he is.

3.  All branches of government become weakened and Trump could possibly wipe away all of his felonies.  He's already facing spending the rest of his shitty life in prison, so he's like a cornered animal anyway.  And the closer it gets to him possibly losing his freedom, the less subtle he will be about what he wants.  No more dog whistles, he will say anything and everything he can to incite his most violent supporters.  Many will have a limit to what they will do, but many won't and that's what he's counting on.

I can't express how truly dangerous this whole thing is.

Jammin_TA

Benedict Arnold sold secrets to the British because congress was behind in his pay and couldn’t pay him and relegated him to desk work.

Trump assumptively sold secrets to foreign nations, admitted to taking foreign money, instigated an insurrection, was the figurehead of a false electors scheme to subvert American elections, many cabinet members found to have ties with an enemy state, and so on and so on. 

Why the fuck is this still ongoing?????? When these conservatives say we have lost our way as a country, they’re right. Projection is confession. We no longer have justice, that is long gone.

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I have been saying that they needed to pick their battles and not block everything because this is where the logical conclusion would be.

GentryMillMadMan

ACB thoroughly roasted Jackson's dissent, correctly pointing out that she complains about an imperial executive but embraces an imperial judiciary.

squunkyumas

Long_Jelly_9557

They are already losing their minds over this

indefiniteretrieval

Some random twat Judge in Massachusetts that posts on r/politics shouldn't be allowed to block whatever order from Trump she/he feels like.

Simmumah

I see the good and the bad. A nationwide injunction was used in one of the recent gun law cases, either the forced reset trigger or bump stocks, I don't remember which. At the injunction allowed members of one of the nationwide gun groups to possess them.

Squeezer999

The fact that this is 6-3 is actually fucked

thyexorcist

This is INCREDIBLE news. Liberal activist judges just got fucked hahahahahha

UConnSimpleJack

Excellent news! No more blanket injunctions by some random judge from liberal districts!

Goldwings13

Good. That is why Trump appealed that last nationwide injunction. Things will change now.

StedeBonnet1

Coastie456

Cool_Cartographer_39

Rare_Cobalt

Meanwhile, over at r/scotus.....

Those people are fucking insane. I honestly thought you could have a sane discussing on the merits of the case but there are people on there who say that this will lead to death camps.

What. The. Actual. Fuck.

penone_nyc

Excellent news.  Now, regarding the Boston judge who thinks he can defy the SCOTUS, what if all these other judges say nope, not gonna follow it?

Alas_Babylonz

Given that lower courts have ALREADY been ignoring SCOTUS rulings this month, we will see what comes of this.

RedBaronsBrother

I'm not saying we should pack the court with more conservative judges but more conservative judges would be awesome

j0217995

Liberals be like:

![gif](giphy|u8u0R51ND9L2)

Specific_Bee_4199

Didn't the Biden administration seek a similar judgement in DOEd vs CCST (student loans)?

Ty--Guy

SpacePug6

Exceptional results! Unlimited nationwide injunctions make absolutely no sense.

neovb

The liberals are absolutely losing their mind (shared). This was a great Friday. 

Generally speaking, the Supreme Court is the last bastion of sanity we have left.

scully360

Chicago_River_Diver

I wonder if the vote would have been different if a district judge blocked Biden's Autopen pardons.

nofaves

One guess who the three dissenters from sanity were.

Plathismo

GiediOne

This has not been the pride month the left was expecting

space_face_mace

skarface6

It's pointless to have the position of a president if any random lower court judge can overturn anything at will

Blacksunshinexo

I just want this to be a constitutional amendment and not an executive order. Executive orders can be removed by whoever is president.

WannabeBadGalRiri

alrightbudgoodluck

Can we please stop linking X? At best the tweet is pointing at an actual good source; most of the time it's someone soapboxing about their take on actual news.

Either way it would be better to just link directly to a reputable source. Here for example it's some user called "amuse" that appears to be a media outlet of some kind, with a picture of an article *but no actual news article*. 

Why not link some [Actual][ap]. [News][fox]. [Sources][politico], or maybe the [court opinion][casetext]? Linking to X on something like this is frankly embarrassing for anyone interested in facts because you're usually just left to blindly trust their un-sourced claims.


[ap]: https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-birthright-citizenship-immigration-9da9e11d83f2fd3cbf95e6a733651daf "AP: SCOTUS Birthright and national injunction decision"
[fox]: https://www.fox4news.com/news/supreme-court-ruling-trump-birthright-citizenship-order "Fox: SCOTUS ruling on Trump Birthright Citizenship"
[politico]: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/27/trump-v-casa-supreme-court-read-the-opinion-document-00429397 "Politico: Trump v Casa, read the opinion document"
[casetext]: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25985278-trump-v-casa/ "Trump v Casa Majority Opinion"

Coffee_Ops



\-Ending birthright citizenship  
︀︀- Ending funding for sanctuary cities  
︀︀- Suspending refugee resettlement  
︀︀- Freezing unnecessary federal funding  


All of these are now back on the table. And all of them need to happen. Especially the first 3. Those need to be done ASAP

AFishNamedFreddie

not sure if it's really THAT big of a ruling since it's only dealing with a technicality and not the merits of the case.

better to win a case than lose it, but this issue isn't done in the courts yet.

reaper527

mboyle1988

A really good example of this is the fact that when the ATF tried to reclassify pistol braces as unregistered SBRs the rulings in favor of striking down that classification were only applied to members of the gun rights groups that sued the change. There were no nationwide injunctions for it. Everything only ever rolls to the left

ewright28

Andason74

Dkitt45

One_Till_6817

Thank god for this feed! Theres still hope for America. Any one that votes for a represenitive that supports illegal imigration should be bound by law to take in a migrant house and feed them pay for all their stuff cuz im done w it!

Disastrous_Cell_2711

It's a huge win on the grander scale.  BRC changes can move forward now.

On everything else every district activist judge wants to protest on just ground to a screeching halt.

SCOTUS: "Stay in your lane and sit tf down."

merlin469

Thank Hillary Clinton. If she was a competent candidate, then Trump would have lost by a vote of 5 to 4.

Gargarian67

crayonflop3

Your ability to have civil rights will likely depend on your status in a blue state or a red state, as it is unlikely that anything other than an AG suing for violated rights will qualify under this farce of a ruling.

A good reminder of two of the complaints from the Declaration of Independence:

"He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries."

Amon7777

This is what happens when you have a literal russian asset as president. He won't be happy until he can strip anyone of any right. Just look at putin for what we are headed towards.

johnrraymond

SCOTUS really is for sale. They’re disassembling the constitution right in front of us.

PrestigiousSeat76

Fuck the Supreme Court. Every day I wake up is another day of the old fucks in GOP ruining this country.

Dexter52611

mocityspirit

So they can deny the lawsuit to anyone they dislike so now rights only apply to the "in" group

Constitution is over, it means nothing

Thor4269

"Rights aren't rights if someone can take them away. They're privileges. That's all we've ever had in this country is a bill of temporary privileges." - George Carlin

Peace_n_Harmony

What this means from a practical aspect is that the courts are going to drown in class action lawsuits. Everyone is going to try to turn everything into a class action lawwsuit.

btribble

It's weaponizing the legal system against the citizens.

Talik1978

AlwaysHasBeen.jpg You can’t enjoy your right to remain silent unless you, ironically, vocally state you are doing so. I know not a constitutional right but ykwim

pokemantra

So they're saying "If your parents are immigrants, come forward and go to court, so that maaaybe you can be called an American. Oh, the white vans outside? No idea. Probably just someone giving away candy or something. But no, totally not ICE"

The_Real_Flatmeat

What will happen to the citizenship status of ANYONE?  Isn't that how citizenship is determined?  Ones birth in USA.  But its only valid if ones parents were also born in the USA?  But if their citizenship status is also now in question, what is left to determine citizenship?

Mlatu44

To answer the question of the photo, because America elected a morally bankrupt, dementia ridden, traitorous wannabe mobster to the presidency, twice.

Kerrby87

Because it's all rigged. One side is rational, the other is willing to threaten, abuse, brutalize, and kill. Trump chose his people well, and meanwhile, we can't fly an LGBTQ flag, cause those psychos will firebomb your house, or poison your pets, or terrify your children. They will do anything, excuse anything because that's all they have; owning the libs.

SneakNPokeGames

America is done. The great experiment is a resounding failure.

BrokenSamurai

This isn't the win they think it is. If everyone who has birthright citizenship, or is pregnant now files the same case in court they all have to be seen individually. So the DOJ could potentially have hundreds of thousands of new cases that they have to appear before now. Find the brief that someone else filed online, change the plaintiff name, a few minor other things and file in your district. They'll be buried under cases for decades

flabden

Inalienable rights. How hard is it to understand?

dachloe

I fear by midterms he'll be arresting any Runner up to presidency, any senate members etc

SCOTUS is just chipping away rights in predetermined wins for him..

ZeroBeta1

Man are republicans gonna be pissed when a liberal president signs an EO banning guns just to prove how stupid this ruling is.

TheMooseIsBlue

It's likely too late. The fix is in. I say that with no joy

Casino-Leaux

They will argue "you still have those rights, your rights have not been infringed, it's just we've set a test, with a high bar, that you must pass in order to exercise those rights."

Jim Crow, much?

GregryC1260

Trump desperately needs for Republicans to be reelected during the midterms. He is behind schedule in his efforts to revoke our Constitution and Civil Rights.

Among impeachment proceedings against Trump and his administration, 6 members of the Supreme Court must also be impeached as enemies of our country for failing to enforce our Constitution.

Yes I know that it’s never been done and the process would require overwhelming Congressional support. However this Supreme Court has been reckless and biased ever since they allowed Corporations and Billionaires to highjack our elections.

We must elect an entire Democratic Congress and make our voices heard.

We will not submit to a King or a Dictatorship.

Guy0911

The Supreme Court's ruling has created confusion regarding citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants, igniting fears in immigrant communities.

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