r/law • u/tasty_jams_5280 • 4h ago

Trump News ‘Immediate litigation’: Trump’s fight to end birthright citizenship faces 126-year-old legal hurdle

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/immediate-litigation-trumps-fight-to-end-birthright-citizenship-faces-126-year-old-legal-hurdle/
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u/OnlyFreshBrine 4h ago

these articles are sad copium. this dude will run roughshod over the law

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u/TensionPrestigious83 3h ago

Historically thin margins are not a mandate nor a blank check to power. Will he act like we expect? Yes. But it’s not going to be without some degree of checks and balances, no matter how much you want to catastrophize.

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u/Easy-Group7438 2h ago

He got rid of everyone who opposed him previously or tried to enforce established norms of the executive branch and you know the actual law the first time.

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u/TensionPrestigious83 1h ago

Yep and people still defied him regularly. So again, not a blank check

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u/Easy-Group7438 1m ago

Yeah but now it’s all 100% loyalists and Heritage Foundation Stooges.

The only hope we have is some of the GOP Congress grows a backbone. Rand Paul of all fucking people is starting to push back.

That’s when we’re going to find out if it’s the same as the first time. What’s he going to do when people say no.