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If everyone could get together and file a legal claim against these bodies that was not gate-kept by the same body that we would be filing a grievance against, that would be something.  Unfortunately, there is only ONE clause that would apply here, but the mention of it seems to piss off Reddit mods because they think that they're part of the same class that these grievances should be levied against.

Not_Sure__Camacho

When checks don’t check and balances don’t balance, people have to fight back, super nice and non violent, and with kid gloves (the last parts are so the Reddit mods don’t get offended at the idea of people doing anything but giving stern looks).

Agreeable-Agent-7384

Soap box

Ballot box

Jury box

&lt;------ we are here. 

Cartridge box

kingtacticool

They broke rules and no longer serve us, you acknowledge as a people they refuse to do their jobs and therefore are just criminal citizen and treat them accordingly, nothing they say should have any meaning. However the so called strong men of the military would rather ass kiss their commanding officer than to think and do the right thing so ultimately unless they choose to do the right thing it’s a civil war or slavery we choose

Colombian-pito

The first step is to regain control of Congress. When all three branches of government are under the control of a corrupt party, you have to take control of at least one of them. Otherwise, you have no mechanism to meaningfully oppose them, and check their power. So, we gotta win big in the midterm elections next year. Not only to take control of Congress, but also because we may not have legitimate elections after the midterm elections if the Republicans retain their control of Congress. We may not have another opportunity to seize Congressional or Presidential power from the Republicans if they're allowed to maintain control of all three branches.

Once we retake Congress, the next step is to investigate the Constitutional violations and violations of the oath every elected leader took when they accepted elected office. Where the alleged violations are substantiated by evidence, the process to expel implicated Congressional representatives, expel or impeach implicated Senators, and impeach the implicated President should begin. Expelling a Representative or Senator requires a 2/3 vote by their respective bodies, as does impeachment. So, those remedies may or may not be feasible depending on the balance of power.

Congress in the Democrat's control can also block and put the brakes on the Republican agenda, effectively eliminating any possibility of implementing that agenda through legislation. This would leave presidential executive order as the only mechanism for imposing the Republican wish list. They would also be able to  restrict the funding of Republican priorities, which actually goes a long way in jamming up their agenda. Shoving a stick into the gears of their machine may be enough to mitigate the damage they can do, and set the stage for a Democratic victory in 2028.

So, even if you're a cynic who thinks nothing matters, and that the coming elections will be rigged and manipulated to hand control to the Republicans, submit your ballot or show up on Election Day and vote blue across the board. We have no chance of winning if we all allow pessimism to keep us from voting. This defeatism, and cynical attitude is exactly what the Republicans want. Don't be a pawn in their anti-American game of chess. Vote like your life, and the lives of your children and grandchildren are on the line. Because they are. Bask in cynicism after you've voted. And check your language and attitude before the election, too. Don't be the person who convinces others that their vote doesn't matter, or that there's no point in voting. Democracy is the antidote to the anti-democratic agenda.

Open_Mortgage_4645

If one of the amendments won’t protect us, a second one will.

ecplectico

There are constitutional amendments that explicitly regulate what a populace might need to do in such a case.

Patriark

Focus on the Supreme Court and get any Democrat for president to pledge their support for adding 3 more justices to the court so there's one for every jurisdiction.

239tree

"Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God"

-Thomas Jefferson

ForMoreYears

Feels like nonsense to follow case law created by criminal co-conspirators

done-undone

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ArchonFett

Massive sustained, grassroots, nonviolent non-cooperation such as a general strike

Massive sustained grass roots interest in the midterm elections doing everything from knocking on doors canvassing to registering voters and supporting voter turnout and defending precincts on Election Day. Chances are, though that Democrats and progressives will continue to do circular firing squads instead of mutual cooperation to retake power.

AlexFromOgish

Government of the people, by the people, for the corrupt

AmethystOrator

Revolution? Revolution. 🤷🏽‍♂️

4peaks2spheres

There are myriad ways to combat a tyrannical government but only one comes to mind.

Illustrious-Bed4420

Patient, unrelenting, public, forceful and united support for and upholding of the Constitution both in spirit and letter comes to mind.

brickyardjimmy

One faction is.  Another is tuning up their tools.

What did we do during the American revolution?🤔 gosh if only there was this thing called history we could take notes from.

You people ever gonna accept the reality at hand or do you wanna wave signs around some more while you get brutalized and kidnapped by people who don’t care what you want or have to say?

Aggressive-Owl7594

The Supreme Court of 1857 ruled that enslaved or formerly enslaved people were not citizens, could not sue in federal courts, and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional, further inflaming tensions over slavery and contributing to the start of the Civil War.

chirothesious

# Fourteenth Amendment - Section 1

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Juhkwan97

If SCOTUS takes this case up, they will be interpreting the meaning of the citizenship clause of the 14th amendment, full stop. They will not be limited to picking between the current (obviously correct) interpretation and Trump’s EO.

(Since I saw the deleted comment but couldn’t respond directly, I will add that I’m NOT making a prediction about what the Court will do in this case. What I think they SHOULD HAVE done is take up the merits of this case as quickly as possible and shut this nonsense down. They have opted not to do that.)

harlemjd

No more anchor babies. People will be pissed.

fuckjunta

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Wong_Kim_Ark

Theodoric58

Elections have consequences.

Many Americans believe that only children of Americans and green card holders should be U.S. citizens if born in the U.S.

Many-Fudge2302

You need to interpret the Constitution.  If a non-US pregnant woman enters US illegally, and gives birth in US... are you saying that the child becomes a US citizen?  Which means child's parents and 10 brothers and 10 sisters become US citizens too??   Use your brain!!

In law, IF the direct beneficiary of a will murders the maker of the will, that direct beneficiary AND his children will be barred in law from taking the benefit (whatever the will provides).  Why?  A criminal cannot profit from his crime!!!

brownorange88

Sometimes laws will change for the better of society. Colombia changed from Birthright to by blood. Laws are meant to evolve to reflect the needs of society.

conocophillips424

People who abused this constitutional right are to blame, that is why we can't have good things.

Shocky2025

Send away your hungry your tired your poor. Pull the ladder up.

Weekly-Sun7992

If a foreign army occupied a section of the USA would their children born on American soil be US citizens? Should they be?

-Rupert-

USA the country where everyone feel entitled to every and anything, citizen or not. 😂😂

Smart-Mango8

Time will tell hopefully SCOTUS has common sense reasonable interpretation that will end birth right citizenship.

Odd_Addendum8160

_Figuring_it_out

Birthright citizenship was never meant for Mexicans to jump the border and give birth and instantly get all the rights. It was meant for black slaves children to have a citizenship and not be left stateless. Mexicans have a citizenship and NOBODY who wrote that clause would ever want it to be misused by illegals to get free healthcare and education. Supremes will finally toss it just like they did the abortion madness.

Accomplished_Cry4224

In fairness to the US it is one of a minority of countries with birthright citizenship..

2L84T

Green card holders and visa holders, while permanently able to work and live in the U.S, are not U.S citizens. The idea is that those born from such parents in the U.S are not technically American. 

Dear-Recover-2718

If SCOTUS takes up this case it will be monumental. SCOTUS will look at the original intent of the amendment. I’m not going to spoil it but it’s not going to go well for the left.

rwilley71

I mean Jure sanguinis is what most of the world follows, so…

ConsiderationSad6271

I care about the constitution.  If you're going to change it, do it the right way and amend the constitution, not by EO.

Many countries don't have birthright citizenship and they do fine.  Former slaves don't need it anymore.  So I don't care if we keep it.

IseeAlgorithms

It's a tricky topic. I like to talk to young people looking to get into tech and I have met SO MANY who are American citizens but never lived here until high school. And I used to be confused by this. How did they get citizenship? But I would subsequently learn their mother had them here while "on vacation". I've met students like this going all the way back to the 90s. Now again, as with the H1B, this is simply an abuse of the system. Someone who has never lived here. Doesn't have any family here. Steps off a plane and gets all the rights and privileges of an American citizen whose family has invested time, energy, money in this country, should not be getting all those rights and privileges. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Globalization has provided so many avenues of abuse.

DetectiveBlackCat

I'll never understand how there was no outcry when Obama Deported over 3.3 million people including 77% who were Deported without due process.  The Obama administration had the hispanic community in Chicago terrified. You can go on Google and look up Obamas massive Deportations without due process.  Obama was being investigated by the ACLU for kids in cages and Deporting kids to countries that were 1000s of miles where they were originally from. I had friends and family who were arrested,  non criminals and were in detention camps before being Deported without due process.  There's a good PEW research group article on Google. Just type in Obama Deportations without due Process PEW research group.

RicanAzul1980

Children of legal visa holders who are on path of getting green card should be exempted from this.

CskianSilvers

I read somewhere that originally one parent had to be a citizen, but then a administrative person decided not because of the man hours it took to check.  I think that it is proper to have the supreme court rule on this because it was always going to end up there anyway.

Frequent-Life-4056

I bet the same people that would rather die to defend the 2nd amendment ("written in the constitution") would not bat an eye that another constitutional amendment like this 14th amendment is changed to benefit them.

Ok then, next time we can add "arms = hand gun only" in the interpretation of 2nd amendment.

avscc

BNTMS233

This needs to be revisited regardless. Something written prior to air travel could not comprehend what would happen years later.

Independent_Tie_4941

Quite simple - you need to be born from a us citizen. 

Yes - it will be grandfathered for those prior.

We are only idiots in the world that allows birth right citizenship by just being born here rather than having a us parent.

GeorgeWashingfun

Good.  The 14th amendment was written for freed slaves and their children, not anchor babies.

WeUsedToBeFriends602

Basically the ideas is anyone here illegally or on a visa and have a child born in the US would not get US citizenship.  There is an interpretation of a specific word in the Constitution Amendment that makes the difference.  

Essentially right now it only impacts diplomats.  It makes sense to not have a diplomats (essentially anyone foreign working at an embassy or other official foreign government office) have their kids born overseas getting citizenship for that country, and instead for their home country.  Currently this is the only case of exclusion.

Basically they want to exclude illegal immigrants from establishing citizenship this way for their children (enter illegally and then have a child born establishing American Citizenship).  In the old days it was challenged to exclude the Chinese immigrant workers.  The idea was to say they are still under the rule of their home country, thereby essentially the same as being a diplomat.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_v.\_Wong\_Kim\_Ark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Wong_Kim_Ark)

&gt;United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (1898), is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court which held that "a child born in the United States, of parents of Chinese descent, who, at the time of his birth, are subjects of the Emperor of China, but have a permanent domicile and residence in the United States, and are there carrying on business, and are not employed in any diplomatic or official capacity under the Emperor of China", **automatically became a U.S. citizen at birth.**

Just_Another_Day_926

graceFut22

There is legislative body who makes rules and does amendment. If the statute has expired, that also need to be decided by legislative body. This is plain and simple executive overreach and judiciary is just bending the knee.

New-Perspective5820

Lzydogrnch

If they ban birthright citizenship, then all Americans lose citizenship except Native Americans.

titoxyco666

Does anyone wonder what this means for anyone born abroad to American parents? (Consular Report of Birth Abroad) [Obtaining U.S. Citizenship for a Child Born Abroad

](https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/us-citizenship/Acquisition-US-Citizenship-Child-Born-Abroad.html)

Do they face deportation as well?

Laszlo4711

So every child that is born now, the State has to check the Legal status of the parents. So what all considered as legal status of a Citizen? A Mother refuses to give her legal status. What will be the Status of the Child Born ??

Dr_cool_Sugar_Daddy

Jarnison

100%!  In fact no shame about it.  Clarance Thomas being the worst!

Baileylov

Paid for by the Federalist Society.  It only took about 40 years, but if that’s how long it takes to control a nation, it is faster than making the first America.  America Duped

Elegant_Umpire_2238

They don’t follow the American Constitution or the rule of Law. They ignore precedent and are re-writing sections of the Constitution. They need to recuse themselves from any decisions involving Trump. The “Repub” judges need to be impeached.

JollyResolution2184

Their personal opinions now seem more important than actual laws. In particular, the crooked Thomas and Alito, both bought and paid for, and then don't even hide it. But why should they? They answer to no one. Since SCOTUS is just another political body, we need to start voting for them. Plus, term and age limits.

sixty5pan

Well, six of the nine anyway. Bought and paid for. The United States used to be a great country.

Burden-of-Society

Biden &amp; the Dems fault for always playing nice for no good reason. When Biden had full control for 2 years they should’ve expanded the supreme court to 13 members. There also should be term limits on SOTUS judges. Say 15 or 20 years max.

ThePugz

The moment they gave trump immunity, which exists NO WHERE in the constitution, they condemned their legacies to the sewer

bryceblair

To be honest, it probably isn't if you look back at the whole history of SCOTUS. That being said, they are certainly the most openly biased court in history. It is quite clear that something is wrong when a relatively new justice (Ketanji Jackson) is writing dissenting opinions for almost every case heard in a single session. This is completely unheard of in history and should give us all pause. Coney-Barrett keeps trying to chime in and play it off for the press as grandstanding, but she (Jackson) is literally sounding the alarm on the viability of the republic.

BeCurious7563

Let’s be honest, this is the most corrupt time in politically and judicially in American history. Between the entire cabinet being not only corrupt but unable to even cover up their indiscretions and instead flaunting them, the Supreme Court being bought and paid for, and senators and congressional member on both side insider trading and tweeting nonsense. We have reached end stage capitalism thanks to the removal of all guardrails and basic human decency.

wellthatseemslikebs

100%%%%%%%% Thomas with the bribes cmon man.

NoFilterD

Corruption could mean several things, but the 1857 Dredd Scott decision was the low point.

wvmitchell51

Alito and Thomas are the most corrupt justices ever on the Supreme Court. They need to be removed without question. The other conservative justices are certainly guilty of making some of the worst and most damaging decisions in our country's history but still not convinced they're in the same league as Alito and Thomas. Time will tell.

MrRobostache

They don’t deserve to be called Supreme anything.

floofnstuff

thermalquenches

quinnster1796

Absolutely! I  never questioned the court’s rulings until the Nazi fuck republicans put the last two idiots on .

Ifthisdaywasafish

Absolutely.  They are supporting a criminal and are criminals themselves.
God help us.

Bombadiltommy

I have question, can’t they be disqualified for even being Supreme Court judges for lying under oath about not repealing Roe v Wade and then doing the total opposite, sounds like it to me…

Physical_Pizza7410

instantfaster

Thomas makes Frotis look like a choir boy

CQU617

BadSignificant8458

We're going to need a larger bowling ball.

BasilRare6044

Only 6 of them. The three ladies - one black, one Hispanic, and one Jewish - are definitely angels in despair…

betchabooboo

Want to take this opportunity to remind everyone that justice Roberts is in Epsteins little black book.

One_Fisherman2664

42ElectricSundaes

AmbidextrousCard

That Clarence Thomas (male black person at lower row left) is the absolutely worst of them. 
He truly is the most corrupt from all of them. 

You can check that out by reading stuff. 

Not saying that others wouldn't be pieces of hangover shit because they certainly are.

Moist_Object_6012

I would love to wipe that fucking smile off of Clarence Thomas' face

jls0781

Many-Ear-2051

Without a doubt, the most partisan and corrupt Supreme Court ever.

IntroductionLife2220

Only the 6 Republican justices are corrupt

Pale-Attention6735

Corrupt is too mild. The 6 conservatives are outright self serving criminals that are about as despicable as humans can get. There have been some truly evil justices over the years but as a group this is by far the worst in our country’s history

Psilocybe-Philosophy

Considering that we have bribed justices and sexual predators (proud, because they are like trump?) I think Roberts' Supreme Court is the most corrupt Supreme Court in American history. If America survives as a democracy, historians will view this as a "sick" aberration.

zac1949

6 out of 3? Yes &amp; they need to be impeached for lowest approval ever,bribery,violating the US Constitution, &amp; giving trump full power. We need NATO &amp; UN to remove them

Only-Method-1773

I also blame that old fart ruth bader for refusing to step down due of her age &amp; health that President Obama told her to do so but she was selfishness. Now we're still paying the price

palebot

So far... Trump has plans to double the level of corruption before Satan comes to collect his soul.

Not the Supreme Court any more.  Not really concerned with justice or laws, or rule of law, more concerned with social engineering via project 2025. 
Let’s just call it what it really is, Trumps fascist court. 
Are we great yet ?

Conscious-Trust4547

Two of their justices recently talked about how their rulings supersede lower courts even if the SC ignores the constitution and that the lower courts need to fall in line. So yeah most corrupt

HeadDiver5568

It's crazy to be that judges are aligned with political parties. You'd think they should be apolitical.

scruffyrosalie

The Supreme Court has acquitted a former Assistant Labor Commissioner accused of accepting a bribe, emphasizing that mere recovery of tainted currency notes is insufficient for conviction under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

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