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Supreme Court puts final nail in coffin of Trump’s long-shot demand
Trump Lost on Birthright Citizenship. The Real Story Is Who Tried to Delete It.The Power Was Never AmbiguousThis was not a mystery, and it was not a misunderstanding. Donald Trump tried to end birthright citizenship by executive order. The Supreme Court’s majority stopped him. That is the basic power map: a president attempted a constitutional override; the Court’s majority refused to bless it.The reporting’s useful detail is the missed rehearing deadline, but the deadline is procedural. The substance is political. Trump did not merely argue for a tighter immigration policy. He tried to strip…
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