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AZJonnie

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5. Wait, "if neither parent WAS"? Is this fuckhead trying to do this RETROACTIVELY?
Fri Nov 21, 2025, 04:24 PM
Nov 21

Or is this just unclear wording by the author? SCOTUS cannot possibly strip millions of people's citizenship with the stroke of 5 pens, can they?!? Leave them all with citizenship NOWHERE?

I mean, obviously the idea that it's Constitutional even moving forward w/o a new amendment is ludicrous given the clear wording of the amendment but I cannot even fathom doing it retroactively.

Although, that might be SCOTUS's only avenue to give the Mango Menace what he wants, because they'd probably have to (arbitrarily) rule that the enforcement of the amendment all along was due to flawed interpretation and that therefore would imply that what was done in the past is null and void (similar to the tariff conundrum).

I cannot believe this is a serious question/case before them that they are considering

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6 - 3 Decision yankee87 Nov 21 #1
Wouldn't that affect the orange piggy since his mother was not born in America? kimbutgar Nov 21 #2
No. According to the EO.... reACTIONary Nov 21 #12
Seems to me Timewas Nov 21 #3
"Since it is actually in the constitution,and I don't see any ambiguity in the wording,... BumRushDaShow Nov 21 #6
What I said n/t Timewas Nov 21 #8
I am interpreting what you said BumRushDaShow Nov 21 #9
Trump made money from doing exactly that mgardener Nov 21 #4
Wait, "if neither parent WAS"? Is this fuckhead trying to do this RETROACTIVELY? AZJonnie Nov 21 #5
No. The executive order.... reACTIONary Nov 21 #13
Even so, I'm not sure the SCOTUS can give it a go-ahead without it declaring it applies retroactively AZJonnie Nov 21 #14
There are multiple "practical" problems with this EO.... reACTIONary Nov 21 #20
"meeting in private" PSPS Nov 21 #7
Oh, and maybe include a quote published in 1512, from the Vice-Mayor of West Bumfuckshire, England AZJonnie Nov 21 #15
Well............. the maga 6 might have to look in the mirror and ask if there relatives were immigrants................ turbinetree Nov 21 #10
It's pretty simple. A change like this takes a constitutional amendment just like the second amendment regarding guns. cstanleytech Nov 21 #11
We've seen this game before. Shipwack Nov 21 #16
They did a carve-out for 45 BumRushDaShow Nov 21 #17
Thanks! Forgot about that part. Shipwack Nov 21 #19
Virtually all of us Cirsium Nov 21 #18
What a bunch of asswipes mdbl Saturday #21
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