Today the 14th Amendment was upheld by SCOTUS. A hundred and fifty-year-old law regarding automatic birthright eligibility stood the test against Trump's assault on the Constitution with a 6-3 ruling.
Justice Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito dissented.
I'm not here to praise the Supreme Court because the conservative majority has been going along with most of Trump's attacks against our freedoms.
Today they got it right. But for how long?
Precedent is no longer a guiding light for this Supreme Court. Chief Justice Robert has granted Trump complete immunity and made a mockery of the Executive Branch with unlimited powers.
The decision firmly rejected the executive order that Trump issued on the first day of his second term.
The executive order never went in effect because every lower court judge who reviewed it concluded that it was "blatantly unconstitutional."
To put the challenge against the 14th Amendment in prospective it was part of Trump and Stephen Miller's immigrant purge.
Prior to today's decision Trump posted this on his Truth Social platform, "The United States of America cannot live with the shackles of Birthright Citizenship. It is not economically, or otherwise, sustainable, and no other Country in the World, of consequence, does it."
Today Trump wrote, "No long and unwieldy Constitutional Amendment necessary! Congress should start TODAY to work on ending expensive and unfair to our Country, BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP."
Trump is not going to get what he wants however, because it would take a two-thirds majority vote in both the House and Senate (or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures).
The likelihood of that happening is minus zero on a scale of 1 to 10.
For the record, the case was Trump v. Barbara.
As it Stands, you can bet the ketchup is flying in the Oval Office this morning!
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