Justice Neil Gorsuch, who was also appointed by Trump, added to the pressure Sauer faced, asking the seasoned Solicitor General: “Do you think Native Americans are birthright citizens under your test?”
“Ah, I think… so,” he replied, somewhat unconvincingly. “I’ll have to think that through.”
Is that literally the first time he’s thought about that?
It isn’t. All of the “quotes” the SG was using were Indian law cases about denying Natives citizenship. Gorsuch is an expert in Indian law. He was calling that out.
It could be. The point of bringing a case like this probably isn’t to win it, necessarily, but to demonstrate loyalty to dear leader. Dear Leader wants the case in order to push the Overton window. Its a can’t-lose situation for the regime; they get some benefit from either judicial decision.
The mission is to flood the zone in the hopes that some of their bullshit slips through. The more of it that fails, the better. I don’t think losing this ruling is a mortal blow for MAGA in any sense, but it will be better for Americans if this is one of the ones that fails.
Also just to normalize it in the American zeitgeist. Them entertaining it gives the illusion that there’s some merit to the argument. In a year or two when everyone believes there’s legitimate arguments on both sides of the issue due to it being an issue they keep hearing about in the news, they’ll ratchet it a few steps further toward their goal.
I suggest you deport them back to where they came from, typically the nicer, more habitable parts of the United States, and give them whatever is there now. It’s a poor deal for the Lenape, though, as they’d get New Jersey.
Is that literally the first time he’s thought about that?
It isn’t. All of the “quotes” the SG was using were Indian law cases about denying Natives citizenship. Gorsuch is an expert in Indian law. He was calling that out.
Think is too strong a term here.
Been made aware.
Aware is too strong a term.
It could be. The point of bringing a case like this probably isn’t to win it, necessarily, but to demonstrate loyalty to dear leader. Dear Leader wants the case in order to push the Overton window. Its a can’t-lose situation for the regime; they get some benefit from either judicial decision.
The mission is to flood the zone in the hopes that some of their bullshit slips through. The more of it that fails, the better. I don’t think losing this ruling is a mortal blow for MAGA in any sense, but it will be better for Americans if this is one of the ones that fails.
Also just to normalize it in the American zeitgeist. Them entertaining it gives the illusion that there’s some merit to the argument. In a year or two when everyone believes there’s legitimate arguments on both sides of the issue due to it being an issue they keep hearing about in the news, they’ll ratchet it a few steps further toward their goal.
He’s not that bright. They expect everything to work, or at least he does.
Deport those ungrateful native Americans back to…America???
I suggest you deport them back to where they came from, typically the nicer, more habitable parts of the United States, and give them whatever is there now. It’s a poor deal for the Lenape, though, as they’d get New Jersey.
The Trump admin doesn’t actually care where someone is from, they just get sent to a hole somewhere in El Salvador or South Sudan.
“I’m trying to find ‘Navajo Nation’ on the map, but I can’t find a thing!”
If you put a "> " on the empty line then the quote formatting line thingy will be contiguous.
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Thank you, I’ve had the same issue before and had no idea how to fix it.
Ha, yay!
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but that’s stuff we’ll cover in Quoting 201 next semester.
Thank you!
I fucking hate that guy and his stupid asshole voice.
Oh I’m sure he’s thought of it, but can’t say the truth out loud because it will make him look bad.