Summary
A third federal judge, Joseph N. Laplante, blocked Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants.
His ruling follows similar decisions from judges in Seattle and Maryland.
The lawsuits, led by the ACLU, argue Trump’s order violates the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to nearly all born on U.S. soil.
The Trump administration contends such children are not “subject to the jurisdiction” of the U.S. Legal battles continue, with appeals underway and further rulings expected in other courts.
The self-proclaimed “law and order” candidate, a trust fund brat born on third base, now wants to dismantle constitutional bedrock to score nativist points. The 14th Amendment exists precisely to prevent such petty authoritarian whims—written in blood to guarantee that your birthplace doesn’t define your humanity.
Yet here we are: a reality TV has-been thinks executive orders trump Reconstruction-era amendments. Courts will smack this down, but the spectacle’s the point—red meat for base instincts while the Overton window gets another nudge toward feudalism.
Watching kleptocrats and corporate fiefdoms rewrite rules to hoard power is just late-stage capitalism cosplaying as governance. But sure, let’s debate whether anchor babies threaten “real” Americans. Nothing unites a crumbling empire like manufacturing enemies from its own citizens.