Birthright Citizenship at the Supreme Court

 

TOM: ‘Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof’

President Trump to attend oral arguments this morning.

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There’s literally a chair set up at SCOTUS for our presidents to sit in for oral argument. Your separation of powers nonsense is more imitation pearl-clutching hauteur. https://t.co/unVfZPgD9v

— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) March 31, 2026

Ketanji Brown Jackson's argument justifying birthright citizenship:

"If I steal someone's wallet in Japan, the Japanese authorities can arrest me and prosecute me... I'm still locally owing allegiance in that sense."

Umm... WHAT?!pic.twitter.com/XHc02sHAum

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 1, 2026

Justice Kagan tried to pin Solicitor General Sauer into a corner during arguments over birthright citizenship, suggesting the challengers' position relied on some esoteric theory rather than the plain text.

Sauer dismantled that by going straight to the source. The men who… pic.twitter.com/TZZsqdssFZ

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) April 1, 2026

Chief Justice John Roberts on Birthright Citizenship: “You obviously put a lot of weight on 'subject to the jurisdiction thereof. But the examples you give to support that strike me as very quirky. You know, children of ambassadors, children of enemies during a hostile invasion,… pic.twitter.com/bS7mZcaTG6

— RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) April 1, 2026

Clarence Thomas listening to this babble: https://t.co/cYTvaY0sVE pic.twitter.com/Cc712ugLwc

— Flappr (@flapprdotnet) April 1, 2026