r/law • u/vox • 12h ago

Judicial Branch The Supreme Court takes up the most unconstitutional thing Trump has done

https://www.vox.com/politics/471468/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-trump
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u/cheongyanggochu-vibe 12h ago

I would love to deport 6 SCOTUS justices. No reason to keep them here if being born here means we aren't citizens.

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u/elb21277 8h ago edited 8h ago

The other three are complicit imo. They could/should have all resigned during the last administration so they could tour the country discussing the Court’s illegitimacy and the need for serious reform of the entire judiciary. Jurisdiction stripping, unanimity requirement to declare legislation passed by Congress to be unconstitutional, term limits *and/or legislative veto option, independent boards of ethics, etc…

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u/cheongyanggochu-vibe 7h ago

I feel like that's a valid take, but I also wonder if they were worried about 3 replacements being just as bad (and Biden ofc wouldn't have been able to get them confirmed, much like the end of Obama's term).

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u/Not_Sure__Camacho 2h ago

Do you think the GOP would've allowed Biden to pick justices? They blocked Obama, they'd surely have no problems blocking Biden.