The lawsuit to block the president’s executive order is the first salvo in what is likely to be a long-running legal fight over immigration policy.

The 14th amendment starts off:

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside

Which makes any attempt to make people born in the US not be citizens like this simply unconstitutional. Documentation of birth in the US is pretty much the only proof of citizenship that most Americans have, so getting rid of this puts every non-immigrant American’s citizenship in doubt.

  • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2511·
    21 hours ago

    I no longer believe we have a government that will enforce any judgment that is not aligned with Trump’s agenda. That’s right, my confidence in our institutions no longer exists. Always a good sign for any nation.

    Thanks DNC, shoulda thought about this before you told Kamala to try for R votes instead of D ones. Too late now; we all have to suffer for your hubris.

    • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
      15·
      20 hours ago

      Thanks DNC, shoulda thought about this before you told Kamala to try for R votes instead of D ones. Too late now; we all have to suffer for your hubris.

      Yep, this really doesn’t get repeated often enough around here, but we’re going to keep losing to these fascist shitheads so long as those corrupt liberal assholes have a death grip on the party and refuse to let progressive leadership take over. It’s been blatantly obvious since 2016 that this was the case but all the propaganda machines for Democratic and Republican party voters have been doing everything they can to hide this very obvious and repeatedly demonstrated fact.

      • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
        171·
        21 hours ago

        Plenty of blame to go around. The people who voted Trump, the people who didn’t vote, and the people who told Kamala to tack to the right. And the DOJ that spent four years making rude noises about prosecuting Trump and little else.

      • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        141·
        21 hours ago

        The DNC party establishment absolutely snatched defeat from the jaws of victory here. The republicans are absolute psychopaths, but the DNC deserves a shitload of blame for basically refusing to take the threat seriously and using an absolutely idiotic strategy.