Sauer, the admi’s lawyer, had a few minutes for rebuttal.
The justices heard arguments for more than two hours. #Trump left just over an hour into the session, after his lawyer wrapped up.
The argument is over. The justices will meet shortly to cast their tentative votes. The decision is […]
#ACLU atty Wang said that the legal focus should be on the newborn: “The question that the #14thAmendment asks is whether the #US born #child is subject to US jurisdiction when they’re born.”
#law #SCOTUS #intimidation #BirthrightCitizenship #immigration #Constitution #Judiciary #Trump […]
But #ACLU atty Wang went directly at that argument Wednesday, saying that the legal focus should be on the newborn: “The question that the #14thAmendment asks is whether the #US born #child is subject to US jurisdiction when they’re born.”
#law #SCOTUS #intimidation #BirthrightCitizenship […]
If this case sounds familiar, that’s because because #SCOTUS has already ruled on one aspect of litigation over Trump’s executive order ending the guarantee of #BirthrightCitizenship.
But importantly, that case did not test the constitutionality of the order itself, as the one the justices are […]
After more than an hour of arguments from the #Trump admin [is Trump still awake?], Cecillia Wang, a lawyer with the #ACLU, is presenting arguments on behalf of a class of people challenging the #ExecutiveOrder curtailing #BirthrightCitizenship. She is a birthright citizen herself.
#law #SCOTUS […]
Many of the arguments in today’s case go back to the Supreme Court’s 1898 ruling in the case of Wong Kim Ark, which said a US born child of Chinese nationals was a citizen.
In that ruling, Justice Horace Gray wrote that #14thAmendment “affirms the ancient & fundamental rule of citizenship by […]
Predictably, #ClarenceThomas sounds most open to the #Trump admin’s position.
Thomas recounts that the aim of the 14th amendment was to make citizens of the freed slaves. “How much of the debates around the 14 Amendment had anything to do with immigration?”
#law #SCOTUS #intimidation […]
The #BirthrightCitizenship order, which #Trump signed on Jan 20, 2025, the first day of his second term, is part of his #Republican admin’s broad #immigration crackdown.
EVERY lower court that has considered the issue has found the order #illegal & prevented it from taking effect. A definitive […]
#SCOTUS is taking up one of the term’s most consequential cases∶ Trump’s #ExecutiveOrder on #BirthrightCitizenship, declaring that #children born to parents who are in the #US illegally or temporarily are not US citizens.
#Trump is in attendance. He’s the first
sitting president to attend oral […]
No way he has the patience or stamina for this. He’ll either fall asleep or leave. Possibly both.
#SCOTUS hears arguments on #BirthrightCitizenship with #Trump in attendance
#law #SCOTUS #intimidation #MafiaState #BirthrightCitizenship #immigration #Constitution #Judiciary #AbuseOfPower […]
Judge blocks #Trump order to end #funding for #NPR & #PBS
A federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump admin from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National #PublicRadio & the #PublicBroadcasting Service.
#law #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower […]
#Cameroon has, for more than 4 decades, been led by a strongman president, Paul Biya. The #Trump admin opted not to criticize his disputed re-election in October, & said nothing afterward when security forces waged a deadly crackdown on #protesters.
That gave the #US leverage weeks later […]
The documents obtained by NYT include confidential #State Department correspondence & a funding memo, which connects the money transfer [#bribe] to the #Cameroon #deportation arrangement. The files, coupled with confirmation from officials, reveal how the #US government used financial pressure […]
The deal is part of a broader #Trump admin campaign to coax countries to accept immigrants who cannot be legally deported from the #US to their home countries because they would likely face persecution. It is also the clearest example to date of the diplomatic horse-trading the US uses to […]
The #Trump admin this winter secured a secret deal with the government of #Cameroon to deport hundreds of immigrants after remaining silent about a deadly crackdown against #protesters there ‘ withholding $30 million from a local #UN office, acc/to officials & US government documents.
#law […]
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In Secret #Deportation Deal, US Leveraged Favors & Funds
In #Cameroon, the #Trump admin found a partner it could pressure into accepting covertly deported migrants.
#law #immigration #rendition #MafiaState #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights […]
Since the 1950s, the #federal govt has consistently operated as the predominant source of #research #funding for #universities, acc/to the #NSF.
One of the largest govt sources of research funding has been the #NIH, which disburses about $35 billion each year. The largest recipients of those […]
The government is seeking information about #MedicalSchool #applicants from each of the past 7 years, including test scores, home ZIP codes & any familial relationships to alumni or ties to university donors. The #Trump admin also demanded copies of any internal messages at the universities […]
Great. Let’s impede #medical #education./s
#Trump Admin Begins Investigations Into Three #MedicalSchools
The #DOJ’s demands for #admissions-related data from #Stanford, #OhioState & the University of California, San Diego [#UCSD], represent a flex of #federal #power.
#law #Constitution […]
With the #US focused on its own conflict with #Iran, #Trump is applying pressure to #Ukraine in an effort to bring a quick end to the 4-year war triggered by Russia's 2022 invasion, #Zelensky said.
#MafiaState #law #InternationalLaw #geopolitics #Europe #NATO #PutinsPuppet #Russia #StandWithUkraine
What?!? #Extortion!
Exclusive: #US links #security guarantees to #Ukraine giving up #Donbas, #Zelensky says
The US is making its offer of security guarantees for a peace deal in Ukraine conditional on Kyiv ceding all of the country's eastern region of Donbas to #Russia, President Volodymyr […]
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The #US Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp. It Was a Dairy Farm.
The Times visited a village where the United States & #Ecuador said they destroyed an armed group’s training camp. Residents said it was actually a dairy farm.
#NationalSecurity #warmonger #WarCrimes #MadWithPower […]
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#Trump’s Eye Is Already on #Cuba
“#RegimeChange is lined up,” awaiting the president’s signal, acc/to one admin ofcl.
…Trump’s goal appears to be to install more amenable leadership in Havana. Last week, he told reporters…that he believes he’ll have the “honor of taking Cuba,” […]
#US forces struck a “low profile” vessel Thursday in the Eastern #Pacific transiting a common smuggling route, according to a post on social media by US Southern Command, which oversees the ongoing boat strike campaign against alleged smugglers in Latin America. The strike was the 46th since […]
#US #military strike on boat in #Pacific leaves 2 dead & a rare survivor
The ongoing US maritime operation against alleged drug traffickers has killed 159 people in nearly 50 strikes.
#Trump #MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #economy #inflation #NewWorldOrder #law #Congress #WarPowers […]
Cuba’s aging grid has drastically eroded in recent years, leading to daily outages & an increase in significant #blackouts.
The government blames its woes on a #US #energy #blockade after #Trump in January warned of #tariffs on any country that sells or provides #oil to #Cuba.
[so Trump […]
How about they address the #UnitedStates issues instead of meddling in everyone else’s business.
Not that having them meddling in #US affairs is welcome either; but seriously…
#Rubio calls for new leadership in #Cuba
US Secy of State, #MarcoRubio, who himself is of Cuban heritage, said the […]
This is insane. Who does he think he is? He is out of control!
#Trump Told #Cuba That Its President Has to Go
The #US has told Cuba that for meaningful progress to be made in negotiations, President #MiguelDíazCanel must step down, said people familiar with the talks.
#NationalSecurity […]
“There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas’ dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass & pressure Powell either to yield to the president or to resign & make way for a Fed Chair who will,” Judge #Boasberg wrote. “On the other side of the scale, the government has offered no evidence […]
In a blistering 27-page decision unsealed on Friday, the judge, James #Boasberg, derided the #USattorney’s office in Washington, led by the #Trump loyalist #JeaninePirro, for pursuing a case against #JeromePowell. It appeared that the only reason prosecutors had to do so, he added, was Trump’s […]
