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FOX 24 US You wouldn’t know it from the right’s ongoing social media tantrum, but the Supreme Court turned in another slate of decisions this term that gave Republicans nearly everything they wanted.  The upholding of birthright citizenship — the cause of much of the angst — was less a defeat for the right and more a revelation that four justices do not believe that everyone born on American soil automatically becomes a citizen under the 14th Amendment. Many court watchers anticipated a 9-0 ruling reinforcing the right, or at least a 7-2 with the typical crank allotment for Justices Samuel…

FOX 24 US WASHINGTON, DC – I visited the Great American State Fair on several days over the past week. Yes, it’s empty. Security is extremely tight, with no clear reason as to why. Federal marshals, Oklahoma state troopers, and others roam the area, providing a mini-museum of cops. The mini-arch is as half-assed as everyone says it is. But President Trump’s Freedom250 project and the Great American State Fair is really a corruption story. And, in true MAGA fashion, there’s no real effort to hide the graft here: it’s all playing out in front of you. The fair itself showcases…

FOX 24 US Power Grab on Hold for Now A second judge has blocked aspects of a March order by President Trump that would require the Postal Service to only send mail ballots to voters the federal government has deemed to be eligible.  Postmaster general David Steiner attracted quite a bit of attention last month when he told the Senate the USPS was ready to carry out Trump’s order. The very next day, the majority of it was blocked by Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama-appointed district court judge in Massachusetts. Another judge, Trump-appointed Carl John Nichols, a district court judge…

FOX 24 US The right is incandescent with rage over the Supreme Court’s (closer than expected) rejection of the Trump administration’s bid to rewrite the Constitution via executive order.  In a 6-3 ruling (but really 5-4 on constitutional grounds), the Court ruled that children born on American soil to undocumented immigrants or those temporarily present are citizens, despite a Trump executive order to the contrary.  For Republicans, controlling every lever of government is simply not enough; if their Supreme Court turns in anything but a 100 percent win rate, it’s cause for prolific online tantrums.  The cope ranges from the…

FOX 24 US Vance Just Wants to Close a Constitutional ‘Loophole’ Vice President JD Vance went on Laura Ingraham’s Fox News show last night to chart a path forward for the nativist movement in the U.S. following Tuesday’s too-close-for-comfort Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship.  It’s what you might call a rich text.  He first described “birthright citizenship,” an idea enshrined in the Constitution, as “a loophole that now exists in our immigration system.”  He spoke of “congressional or statutory changes” to “make it harder for people to actually take advantage of” said “loophole” — before acknowledging that five justices…

FOX 24 US House Democrats grilled Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought about his refusal to release appropriated funds in a timely manner during his Tuesday morning testimony in front of the House Appropriations Committee’s Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee. “Have you released all appropriated funding to each intended agency through the apportionment process?” House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) asked Vought during the hearing. “We are working through the apportionment process expeditiously. I can’t say we have done every single one of them but if you have one that you are particularly interested…

FOX 24 US This story was originally reported by Grace Panetta of The 19th. Meet Grace and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Melat Kiros was born in 1997, the year her representative in the U.S. House, Democrat Diana DeGette, took office. On Tuesday, Kiros hopes to unseat her.   The next frontier of the fight for the Democratic Party is in Denver, where DeGette, a 15-term incumbent and longtime progressive, is facing her most serious primary challenge yet from Kiros, a 29-year-old democratic socialist and first-time candidate.  Democrats’ widespread dissatisfaction and anger with their party leadership…

FOX 24 US To Justice Samuel Alito, Tuesday’s 6-3 decision upholding birthright citizenship is both “one of the most important decisions in the history of the Court” and a “serious mistake.” To Justice Clarence Thomas, birthright citizenship’s days are numbered. “I am not sure that today’s opinion will stand the test of time,” Thomas wrote. “The Citizenship Clause ‘added greatly to the dignity and glory of American citizenship,’” he added, citing a dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson. “Today’s opinion devalues that citizenship.” Four justices disagreed in some form or another with the majority on Tuesday, which held that the Constitution…

FOX 24 US The Supreme Court preserved one of the most important tenants of the Constitution Tuesday, upholding birthright citizenship despite the Trump administration’s unprecedented attempt to shred it. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority, joined by Justice Amy Coney Barrett and the liberals. Justice Brett Kavanaugh concurred in part and dissented in part. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote a concurrence, joined partially by Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas all filed dissenting opinions, with Gorsuch also signing on to Thomas’. “Arguments for limiting birthright citizenship to those domiciled in the United States…

FOX 24 US The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that neither Title IX nor the Equal Protection Clause forbids schools from keeping trans girls off of girls’ sports teams, an inflection point in a years-long campaign by the right, particularly the Trump administration.  Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion in two related cases, West Virginia v. BPJ and Little v. Hecox. He was joined by the other five right-wing justices. Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch also wrote concurring opinions. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Justices Elena Kagan and…