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The Supreme Court closes out its term today with several decisions–including one on birthright citizenship. You can find coverage at SCOTUSblog. Feel free to discuss the legal implications and aspects of the decisions here, but please keep your comments focused and professional. Additionally, as is often obvious from the comments, there are several of you with a desire to be able to discuss legal topics that are not necessarily Vegas centric. Here’s your chance. If you want to discuss the legal merits of a topic of (inter)national interest, i.e. national politics, free speech, Iran, World Cup, American 250, etc., feel free to do so in the comment section of this post. We ask that you remain civil in your discussion and refrain from personal attacks on each other or the subjects of the discussion. Again this is for discussing the legal aspects of these issues, if it devolves into a stream of memes and vitriol then we’ll shut it down.
Crazy that Germany and the Netherlands were eliminated in the round of 32. Wait, we have to discuss the legal aspects. Uh, crazy that two of the original signatories of the Treaty of Paris lost in the round of 32.
Help me understand this. How is an executive order able to overturn a constitutional amendment. Explain it to me as if I was in law school over 25 years ago.
Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship
• Birthright citizenship upheld: In a big loss for President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship, striking down his executive order. Chief Justice John Roberts, calling citizenship “the right to have rights,” wrote for the court that “the Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment extended that promise to ‘every free-born person in this land.’ We keep that promise today.”
Thanks, Chat.
CNN
Only 5 justices think birthright citizenship is enshrined in the Constitution. That’s horrifying.
Dissenting from Tuesday’s decision were Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito.
• Ruling on trans sports: The Supreme Court is letting states ban transgender athletes from playing on girls sports teams. The ruling comes amid a political and legal backlash against trans Americans in conservative states.
• Campaign finance: The court also lifted a Watergate-era cap on how much money political parties may spend in coordination with candidates.
Trans decision is only marginally about sports. It’s about stripping Equal Protection claims away from trans people.