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Fiendish Thingy

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2. The court's ruling wasn't about birthright citizenship
Sat Jun 28, 2025, 03:55 PM
Jun 28

It was a ruling about whether lower courts have the authority to issue nationwide injunctions.

The court said no, their rulings can only affect their jurisdictions.

The question of birthrights citizenship was not directly addressed in this case or with this ruling.

Barrett did leave a rather large loophole, exempting class actions from this restriction.

Several class actions have already been filed, and watch over the next 30 days, before the ruling takes effect, for many, many more to be filed.

In the interim, until the question of birthright citizenship comes before SCOTUS, the potential for this ruling to sow chaos is high, with the possibility of numerous babies being born stateless, at least temporarily (although I’m certain suits will be filed in their behalf as a class action)

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