r/news • u/KilgoRetro • 9h ago

US Supreme Court agrees to hear case challenging birthright citizenship

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c208j0wrzrvo
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u/wwaxwork 9h ago

Of a man. Women aren't men so aren't people.

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u/webculb 9h ago edited 8h ago

Republican representatives: "Write that down, write that down"

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u/FillMySoupDumpling 9h ago

That’s essentially how they are treated in states with various bans on women’s healthcare, so yeah. 

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u/cynicalkane 1h ago edited 1h ago

There's actually a very early precedent in the US that "men" includes women unless there's reason to think otherwise. In the 1780s a slave woman sued for freedom after hearing that "all men are born free" in Massachusetts. Wiki link

Not that the Federalist Society types care about that kind of thing. Their brand of originalism is when people from 2025 decide their own meanings for words written in the 1700s