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[–] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 36 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

He is much closer to his stated goal

The power to deport any natural Born Citizen on demand for no reason at all

He has stated he wants.... Needs this

On Exactly why he has been vague

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago

That means him first motherfucker because Trump is a birthright citizen. His grandfather was an immigrant.

Not like me is like 12 generations removed but still immigrant. Except on my mother's side that native American. But guess Trump will deport them too, because if you got technical they also are immigrants.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 44 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (5 children)

Wait ... Doesn't "citizenship" mean where you're born?

It's either where you're born or where you live. Which is it?

Wtf even is citizenship then?

"I'm from Ireland" is synonymous with "I'm Irish"... Right?

So if you're born in America, wouldn't you... Be American?

If he takes that away, you aren't just magically from nowhere, you're still American.

This is stupid and makes no sense, it's all just classism and racism. I hate everything.

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Doesn’t “citizenship” mean where you’re born?

Only in the new world continents. In Africa, Europe, and Asia it normally means what country your parents and grandparents are from, unless someone in the chain naturalises to a different country.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 55 minutes ago

Yup, and when you don’t have any citizenship, you’re stateless. It causes a lot of issues internationally, because a stateless person can’t have a passport, can’t immigrate, can’t hold a legal job because they can’t get a work visa without a passport, etc… Notably, the US is one of the few countries that refused to sign on with the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. Basically, the convention would prevent a country from revoking someone’s citizenship if they don’t have a valid claim elsewhere. And the US refused to sign.

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 67 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

Its the same as the election between Obama and McCain, in ways a lot of people dont realize.

Obama, by virtue of having a non-traditional name and not being white, was hounded by birthers despite being born an American citizen clear as day with absolutely no question about it.

McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone the year before people born in the canal zone were granted citizenship at birth. Arguably he was not a citizen at birth under the definitional requirements of the constitution to be president. He was naturalized as a citizen retroactively.

Palin is part native, and was pretty heavily involved with Alaska Native movements that rejected US sovereignty and thereby rejected claims to citizenship. But no one talked about that either because shes also largely seen as just being a white American.

And yet Obama, who was American thru and thru from birth without question, never was involved with Hawaiian sovereignty movements, is the one whos citizenship was questioned.

“White makes right” is the rule of law to these people

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 hours ago

Ted Cruz ran in the Republican presidential primary despite being an Albertan

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 15 points 6 hours ago

Sounds about white.

[–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 9 hours ago

Most people are citizens of where they also live and give birth so this distinction doesn't come up in most cases. But for children born to immigrants or travelers it does.

Citizenship can either be assigned by where you were born, or who you were born to.

Birthright citizenship, as we use the term in the US, is mostly a new world invention. In nearly all countries in the americas, any children born here are citizens without exception. No matter the parents, no matter the circumstances.

In the old world, most countries require a parent to be a citizen in order for the child to also be a citizen.

Generally if an american couple gives birth in Europe, the child will just be american, despite where they were born. If a European couple gives birth in any of the americas, their child will be a citizen of the americas, despite anything else

[–] dontbelievethis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

You operate under the assumption that this is a public service. That would make no sense.

But if the assumption is them accumulating more power, then it makes perfect sense.

To be honest I get more mad at people being surprised by their actions. At this point it is so obvious what is happening and why. How can anyone be surprised by any of this?

"Why does this rabid dog bites? How does this make for a better world?"

It is a rabid dog, how could you ever expect something positive to begin with? Put it down already. You don't argue with crazy.

[–] hakase@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 hours ago
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[–] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 49 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

At what point does everyone say "if he's not following the law, then neither should we"?

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 1 points 14 minutes ago

I break laws all the time now. They have no meaning. It's like the wild west now

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

As long as it doesn't immediately result in you dead or in jail.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 hours ago

At what point are you willing to sacrifice your life for your cause?

[–] 800XL@lemmy.world 17 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Guilty. I've stolen 2 elections already and dogwhistled so much

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 8 hours ago

Can you please just give them back? We've been looking for them literally everywhere

Also, those whistles give me a headache

[–] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

so it was YOU!!

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 13 points 12 hours ago

I'm ready if you are

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 29 points 13 hours ago (6 children)

This title isn’t true. The court has not “given the OK”

[–] Infinite@lemmy.zip 21 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Right, they only said "nobody can stop you from doing illegal things."

Completely different.

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[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 82 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (15 children)

Lest we forget:

Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1:

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. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Pretty hard to argue that “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” doesn’t mean what it clearly states. It’s not even in legalese. The fact that this wasn’t laughed out of court says everything.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago

They haven’t decided on the legality of it yet. They just decided that courts cannot issue universal injunctions. They can only stop it at a case by case level for those who are suing. If they decide it’s unconstitutional, then it’ll have to stop nationally, but a lot of damage can be done before then. I think they’ll decide in October…

That's what the Constitution says, and Trump now has nothing that can legally stop him from doing it.

Which means the Constitution is dead letter.

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[–] WatDabney@fedia.io 100 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

So literally what happened here is Trump said, "I want to violate the Constitution" and the Supreme Court said, " Okay — go ahead."

And that's it for the rule of law in the US.

All that's left now is to tally the mass murders along the way to the inevitable collapse of the US, and to hope that our descendents can build something better out of the rubble.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 24 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

That’s not literally what happened at all. Trump said, “I want to violate the constitution and issued an order”. Then states cities and organizations sued across three cases and courts issued universal injunctions. Trump said “wah! Help me puppet kourt!” Then the Supreme Court was like, “be still mein führer. We will not allow these injunctions to apply to the entire nation. Only to those who have sued.”

They gave him second base. Let’s see if they go all the way for Don Don.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 5 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I'm not a USer so correct me if wrong here, but is the implication then that something can be considered constitutional in one state but not in another? How does that work?

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 6 hours ago

No. The core issue has not been decided. When courts in one state rule differently from courts in another, it goes up to federal court. When federal courts in different circuits rule differently, it goes up to SCOTUS. This issue isn't at that point just yet.

[–] chuymatt@startrek.website 5 points 9 hours ago

It doesn’t. The ruling makes little sense and is just showing that playing the game with absolutely no ethics works very well.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 10 hours ago

The US collapsing is going to absolutely affect the rest of the world. This is very VERY bad.

[–] mienshao@lemm.ee 172 points 18 hours ago (9 children)

This is the final nail in the coffin of the Constitution. As a lawyer for the federal government, I need everyone to know that this officially marks the end of United States rule of law. Protect yourselves, and godspeed.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 2 points 6 hours ago

I'm coping so hard by hoping that we swing very hard to the left, if only just so that these cynical, fossilized assholes live to see their bullshit rulings used against them.

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[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 22 points 14 hours ago

This is fucking Stephen Miller's Nazi wet dream

[–] WalnutLum@lemmy.ml 17 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I'm curious if this means that certain cities or states will become citizenship havens because their local courts decided to provide injunctions for their jurisdiction.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 points 6 hours ago

Probably not. I expect once the cases advance, SCOTUS will pick it up again fairly soon.

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