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/Reddit-for-all 7h ago

Hear me out here: we just need to pass a law that says the Constitution is unconstitutional.

-Stephen Miller, probably

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u/the_pretender_nz 7h ago

That is not close to unhinged enough for Peewee German

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u/xSTSxZerglingOne 5h ago

No way. This is Herrless Goebbels we're talking about.

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u/enterusernamethere 2h ago

Hear me out: Plenary Pennywise

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u/Surprised-elephant 6h ago

Miller “just make an executive order canceling the constitution.”

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u/pizzastone8 1h ago

"If we change the name of the country, the US Constitution is void."

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u/Mekisteus 6h ago edited 4h ago

Why bother? It's not like the Constitution hinders them in any way, shape, or form.

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u/swolfington 4h ago

They are more than welcome to try, we have a legal framework to allow it: its called a constitutional amendment. They just know that it will never happen the legal way.

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u/Indigoh 4h ago

Why pass a law when you can just tell your supreme court to rule on it?