The Trump administration has sought to restrict citizenship to children with at least one parent with citizenship or permanent legal status.
Alito warned in his dissent the ruling could have “grotesque results,” including an encouragement of “birth tourism,” and national security ramifications.
“If the Fourteenth Amendment required these results, the country would have to live with them or amend the Constitution,” he wrote. “But the Fourteenth Amendment does not include the rule the Court now imposes on the country.
“In my judgment, the Court has made a mistake that will seriously affect the country’s future,” he continued.
Alito accused the majority opinion of relying “on precedent that glosses the text” of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause and that their argument “fails on textualist grounds.”
The conservative justice specifically pointed to the 14th Amendment’s reference to a person who is “subject to the jurisdiction of,” arguing that the court’s majority failed to consider issues of dual citizenship.
For that last bit related to being “subject to the jurisdiction of," is he suggesting that foreigners aren’t subject to criminal prosecutions? Like, if some gal who is foreign and lacks citizenship/greencard/visa/foreign service/etc. snuck in and randomly shoots someone, they’d not be subject to US prosecution? What if they’re also apprehended with a ton of Schedule 1 narcotics? We supposed to be like “Ope! She’s not subject to US jurisdiction. So, we better send her home with a stern finger wagging.”
The US Supreme Court was tasked with determining if the US Constitution was constitutional. And three of the justices failed at this very basic task.
The only people coming to the US now are the truly desperate refugees that couldn’t afford to go anywhere better.
Literal traitor says what?
It’s been in effect for over 200 years, but now it’s a problem. Fuck this guy.
Alito’s being on the bench is a serious mistake.
The Constitution is
LAW!a MISTAKE!-Republicans (UNLESS it’s After a Bunch of Kindergarteners get MOWED DOWN by a Gunman!)
The text of the amendment could not be more clear. Alito is really a traitorous prick. Frankly, I’m sympathetic to the idea that the Supreme Court should be disbanded altogether. We have a representative legislature, we don’t need these fuckers.
Naw we really do need the court but there needs to be some big changes to it like expanding the size and putting in 18 - 25 year term limits.
“Birth tourism” - Moot point. They’re solving that by making the country so shitty in every way that no one wants to be US citizens.
On the other hand, many people now know that Alito was a mistake.
This asshole is such a broken individual. He should be impeached. The fact that he has so much influence over millions says a lot about our system.
Can’t wait to read this fascist scumbag’s obituary.
He’s such a joke. If the results will be disastrous in the future, we would have seen that over the last century. And he knows this, which just shows that he doesn’t give a fuck about reality or facts.
Given that birthright citizenship has been the rule since the Civil War, is he saying that all of subsequent American history is an example of these “grotesque results”?
This is who the pedo squad republicans nominate for scotus - people who don’t understand or respect the constitution.
It’s a feature; not a glitch
He doesn’t expect you to think!
My family’s been here since 1733 and never took a test. If birthright citizenship isn’t real then am I a citizen?
And if we’ve never been citizens, who do we sue to get back all the taxes we paid?
Don’t forget all of the back taxes you owe to the British crown!
Them Limeys will have to come and take them.
Honestly don’t care about birth right citizenship. Tons of countries don’t have it. It made sense for north America when travel was long but now.
Funny how you went from saying it’s a bad thing to “I don’t care” after you were asked for even a shred of evidence about why it’s a bad thing.
Alito is a disgrace. I hope he’s removed from power soon
Removing him would give the jackass the opportunity to appoint a new ACB or Boofer Cavenaugh.
Both of whom, btw, voted that the 14th amendment was constitutional.
A Dem nomination would be better.
I mean, a nomination made by a preschooler would be better. The bar’s in hell.
I would hope, perhaps foolishly, that those appointments would not be confirmed.
Under this Senate? Ha!
better the devil you know than some other psychopath
Alito’s birth was a serious mistake.
