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The Supreme Court has pointedly not ruled or said that the president has the authority to redefine birthright citizenship. What they have actually done is to pu
by teraflop 1y ago
The Supreme Court has pointedly not ruled or said that the president has the authority to redefine birthright citizenship. What they have actually done is to put very stringent requirements on how the president's authority can be challenged in lower courts.
And notably, exactly the same Republican-nominated Supreme Court judges did not do anything to interfere with exactly the same legal process (nationwide injunctions) when they were aimed at a Democratic president. See, e.g. Biden's student loan forgiveness executive order.
- timr 1y ago> The Supreme Court has pointedly not ruled or said that the president has the authority to redefine birthright citizenship. Yep, agreed. I already added an edit saying exactly the same thing.
- tiahura 1y agoBecause they weren’t challenged on that basis.
- joshuamorton 1y agoThey were. "C. The District Court’s Remedy Was Improper" is a section of the petition for cert in The mifeprestone case from the Biden admin[0], where the SC overruled the district court's PI, but declined to address the question of whether it's PI was reasonable. [0]: https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/23-235.html https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/...