Post by @tiffanycli@mastodon.social

2026-04-02 02:41 UTC

When the birthright citizenship decision comes out, people will say it could never have gone any other way, that the law was obvious. But the mere fact that the Supreme Court took on the case is evidence enough that we are living in a time of democratic precarity.

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@faraiwe@mstdn.social 2026-04-02 02:52

@tiffanycli@mastodon.social should never have even be considered at a much lower court, in times of sanity.

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@sigsegv@hachyderm.io 2026-04-02 04:08

@tiffanycli@mastodon.social I fully expect at least one of the justices to take Trumps side in this.

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@Npars01@mstdn.social 2026-04-02 04:34

@tiffanycli@mastodon.social @samlitzinger@journa.host We live in a time where the US Supreme Court is owned by fossil fuel fascist billionaires like Koch Network. https://theintercept.com/2022/06/30/supreme-court-epa-climate-charles-koch/ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/koch-network-2024-election-trump.html https://www.desmog.com/2024/10/25/project-2025-trump-mapped-how-6-billionaire-family-fortunes-fund-climate-denial/ Bradley, Koch, Coors, Scaife Mellon, Seid, and Uihlein bought a coup. Twice.

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@KerryMitchell@mastodon.social 2026-04-02 04:53

@tiffanycli@mastodon.social I heard an interview earlier today with Norman Wong, the great grandson of the man who won the original case for birthright citizenship. "He (Trump) was there to put pressure on the scales of justice. He didn't go there to applaud their hard work. He went there to stare them down, ensure that they didn't interfere with his decrees. That's what I call it, not executive order, imperial decrees." https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-2-as-it-happens/clip/16206649-his-great-grandfathers-legacy-u.s.-supreme-court

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