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'Pretty good burn': Justice Jackson dismantles Clarence Thomas' double-speak dissent
The Court Saved Citizenship, and Clarence Thomas Still Tried to Gut ItPower, Not NeutralityThe institutional power here sits where it always does: with the Supreme Court, and with the Trump administration that tried to shrink birthright citizenship through policy. The Court’s majority stopped that move. Clarence Thomas, in dissent, used the occasion to push an argument that would have hollowed out the 14th Amendment for millions of people.This is not a technical disagreement among jurists. It is a fight over who gets to define membership in the country, and whether constitutional text means…
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