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24 states have filed a brief at the Supreme Court in support of the Trump administration's effort to curb birthright citizenship, suggesting that it is not correct to say the issue is "settled and beyond debate."
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26196806-pr25-52-amicus/
Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,West Virginia, & Wyoming
24 states have filed a brief at the Supreme Court in support of the Trump administration's effort to curb birthright citizenship, suggesting that it is not correct to say the issue is "settled and beyond debate."
— Lawrence Hurley (@lawrencehurley.bsky.social) 2025-10-24T18:41:47.919Z
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Klarkashton
(4,467 posts)WTF is this bullshit?
Faux pas
(15,981 posts)the stoopider states.
MarineCombatEngineer
(16,372 posts)Glad to see that my home state of AZ isn't on that list.
Biophilic
(6,221 posts)They are working to screw as many other people as they can. And if they are not white men so much the better.
sinkingfeeling
(56,677 posts)Tennessee and Iowa, along withAlabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho,Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi,Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Okla-homa, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah,West Virginia, and Wyoming, thus face significanteconomic, health, and public-safety issues from poli-cies holding out a powerful incentive for illegal migra-tion, Pet. 9, beyond what the Citizenship Clause re-quires.1 The States of Tennessee and Iowa, et al., notified Counsel ofRecord for No. 25-364 and No. 25-365 of their intent to file thisbrief and requested their consent on October 19, 2025. Counselfor all parties in both cases consented to the filing of this brief,waiving any objections to the timing of notice under Sup. Ct. R.
intheflow
(29,829 posts)And ignore the 150 years of precedence after it became ashes. I hope whatever judge pulls this case isnt MAGA, though Im sure the DOJ will attempt to get it before SCOTUS, skipping lower courts.
Hekate
(99,985 posts)Fully half the States want there to be a permanent underclass of non-citizens, is that it?
Let me guess: because citizens should be white Christian males, is that what they have in mind?
spanone
(140,513 posts)The hate is this country disgusts me.
IcyPeas
(24,511 posts)We always knew that hate was there..... but now we know the extent of it.
mountain grammy
(28,362 posts)the same states who would support a "Christian" country I presume.