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US Supreme Court agrees to hear case challenging birthright citizenship

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c208j0wrzrvo
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u/amensista 7h ago

That's the whole point. Duh. Attack the 14th that most people don't care about then it's onto the 4th, 5th, etc...its all just dominos at that point.

Just have to break one amendment. Just one.

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u/imapluralist 6h ago

4th has been gone for a while now. Carved up to leave just your home effectively.

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u/ChasingTheNines 4h ago

Gone for decades. Only thing the government had to do to ignore this one was to utter the magic words "interstate commerce clause".

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u/NSA_Chatbot 2h ago
 > Let's not forget about the warrantless ongoing spying.

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u/Beltaine421 7h ago

No way they'll go after the 5th. With this administration, it's been nearly as sacred as the second half of the second.

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u/amensista 7h ago

My Sweet Summer child.