The Supreme Court heard oral argument over Trump’s executive order to curb birthright citizenship, but a deeper issue in the case is the ability of judges to issue nationwide blocks against unlawful actions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/... - ThreadSky

democracydocket.com • 7 days ago

The Supreme Court heard oral argument over Trump’s executive order to curb birthright citizenship, but a deeper issue in the case is the ability of judges to issue nationwide blocks against unlawful actions. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/supreme-court-trump-birthright-order-nationwide-injunctions/

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metaphysicalist.bsky.social•7 days ago

If the Constitution is abrogated even in part, then the entire Judicial branch becomes moot, including SCOTUS. You'd think the lawyers on SCOTUS would be aware of that.

christiew.bsky.social•7 days ago

It’s untenable to let parts of the country have different birthright criteria—how would that work? Why are Americans ever under an unconstitutional law for something so fundamental?

jojo8256.bsky.social•7 days ago

The Supreme Court needs to use their power to get this criminal administration under control. We are in a constitutional crisis whether we want to admit it or not.

panman72.bsky.social•7 days ago

Is this SCOTUS's way of gaining more power ?

ryanringer.bsky.social•7 days ago

Burn SCOTUS

hhchemist56.bsky.social•7 days ago

Ironically, trump has 4 out of 5 birthright citizenship children. Maybe he wants them deported, too.

tweeter-n-chief.bsky.social•7 days ago

It's only 'deeper' because the Trump team knew they couldn't win on the merits so they audibled to nationwide blocks.

pamballard3.bsky.social•7 days ago

If Scotus doesn't back other judges, that do or do not block dump, we are in a world of hurt. It just might be time to move.

mysonsfather67.bsky.social•7 days ago

The deepest issue is restructuring the supreme court.
1. No justice may serve more than 16 years on the bench. At the end of their term they can winter out their days in some backwater court.
2. Make #1 retroactive.
3. Congress will create and enforce new ethics laws for scotus.

anon33guest.bsky.social•7 days ago

Make it 13 and bring the number of justices up to the number of circuit courts we have. That way every summer a new justice comes onto the court. Takes the unpredictability out of it.

mysonsfather67.bsky.social•6 days ago

That sounds like a good idea. However, I'm not so sure bout the unpredictability part.
I read a study one time where about a half dozen factors ran through a regression analysis successfully predicted outcomes for each justice--not the outcome of the decision per se, just the individual voting.

anon33guest.bsky.social•6 days ago

I mean the unpredictability of death and/o retirement watches. If a new one comes on every summer, every President gets 4 or 8 justices. We don't then have he ghoulish specter of hoping someone doesn't die or wishing they would or retire.

jasonleader.bsky.social•7 days ago

i say 10 years. and also a better mechanism for enforcing ethics laws for congress.

jasonleader.bsky.social•7 days ago

wait, SCOTUS is considering limiting their own authority (because if you limit the lower courts you also limit the higher courts)? Um, they do realize that it would make themselves irrelevant?

w-sty.bsky.social•7 days ago

An unlawful, uncostitutional EO is an unlawful, unconstitutional EO. The only ones wanting lower courts to not have the ability to put a halt to them until they are fully appealed are the ones wanting to circumvent the laws.

solosojourner.bsky.social•7 days ago

As I understand it, the only issue in the case currently before the court is whether judges have the authority to issue nationwide TROs & injunctions. They aren’t deciding anything about the specifics of any Executive Order. Did I misunderstand, or is your post about ‘clickbait’?

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discobriandavis.bsky.social•7 days ago

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harmlesslocal.bsky.social•7 days ago

If the supreme court doesn't protect itself against the USA becoming a dictatorship, it will lose it's power except as a rubber stamp. If it doesn't protect congressional lawmakers, there won't even be a legal system or government. There will only be rule by whimsey and consequencial chaos.

rarelightmare.com•7 days ago

The Federalist Society, Heritage foundation have finally performed an astonishing feat, they have avoided a bloody coupe and instead hijacked our highest court in the land to rewrite the constitution in their own corrupt image while dems wag their fingers.

jasonleader.bsky.social•7 days ago

sadly, it is going to turn bloody very soon. one of these ICE kidnappings is going to turn violent to protect the person being kidnapped VERY soon. then the GOP will overreact, which will lead to civil war.

rarelightmare.com•7 days ago

As if…

jasonleader.bsky.social•7 days ago

you are forgetting that the people are getting fed up with these nazi tactics. even tRump's base is slowly starting to turn on him. you are also forgetting how violent Americans are. i give it mere weeks until it starts getting violent.

rarelightmare.com•7 days ago

They’re counting on our civility. Putin demands F47 and his GOP Q bots push every button in hopes of giving this corrupt administration the green light to declare martial law, to suspend elections, exactly what the J6 was designed to do, give Trump enough cover to enter Congress and declare it.

jasonleader.bsky.social•7 days ago

yes, that is the point. but what the GOP are forgetting is that the military is watching what has been happening to the VA, their own brothers and sisters, the complete failures of the leadership. the military is NOT as supportive of this regime as they are counting on.

humbleopinion4u.bsky.social•7 days ago

You mean these people with advanced degrees in law; have learned nothing since their immunity debacle? There must be something in the air and or water.

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