Wednesday, July 01, 2026

The 14th Amendment Upheld

Yesterday the Supreme Court (packed with right-wing radicals by Trump and MAGA) upheld the 14th Amendment -- just barely. Birthright citizenship is upheld for now.

MAGA conservatives are upset about this. "Since when is someone born in this country automatically a citizen?" one of them asked. (Since 1868. So we know when they think America was Great Before -- 1857, apparently.)

I'd comment on the astonishing ignorance here, except the decision was 6-3. Those three SC justices -- Alito, Gorush, and Thomas -- are not ignorant. What are they basing their dissent on?

They're pretending it's the definition of "domiciled," but c'mon. They're worried about immigrant babies, same as MAGA conservatives. But which kind of babies? Non-Aryan babies. (Also anything but straight cis babies, but that's another post.)

Honestly, they're not even pretending anymore.