Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett triggered fierce backlash from MAGA loyalists after forcefully questioning the Trump administration’s top lawyer and voicing skepticism over ending birthright citizenship during a heated Supreme Court argument.

Since taking office, Donald Trump has pushed for an executive order to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional guarantee under the 14th Amendment that grants automatic U.S. citizenship to anyone born on American soil.

During oral arguments, Barrett confronted Solicitor General Dean John Sauer, who was representing the Trump administration, over his dismissive response to Justice Elena Kagan’s concerns. Barrett sharply asked whether Sauer truly believed there was “no way” for plaintiffs to quickly challenge the executive order, suggesting that class-action certification might expedite the process.

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    If they don’t like that law, there is one path for them to change it: Constitutional Amendment. Good luck with that, fuckers.

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      Its a cult, they don’t care. It just leads existing cult members to isolate harder from outsiders and stay loyal.

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      The more they attack someone verbally the more threats that person will receive from their cult.

      It’s not about their rage changing anyone’s mind. It’s the threats of violence that follow. Those can make people fall in line or go into hiding and either of those is a win for the oppressors.

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    More proof the right wing does not, nor have they ever, given one flying fuck about the Constitution that they go on so much about.

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      It’s like they’d already been conditioned to be outraged about some other selectively-ignored sacred text…

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        How have I never made this connection? That’s gonna be my facepalm of the year I think…it’s so very obviously the exact same behavior.

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      They have only read one of the amendments all the way through and part of another one and the rest is too boring to read.

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        Curious which ones? I don’t think they read all of the Second. The ding-a-lings certainly never read the First and actually understand it, because they keep acting like this is a “Christian” country, when the First says I don’t have to give two shits about the chosen lifestyle of the xtian book club. Meaning I most definitely have freedom FROM religion.

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          One in full is the second amendment, one they read partially is the first because they know FREE SPEECH and nothing else.

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            They only read part of the 2A, as well, and none of the context in the rest of the document about it, either.

            The whole “well regulated militia”, and who and why the militia is.

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    Somedays I really have to question whether such people really exist. I mean really? What do they think America is?

    Edit: I mean, I get it from the people in power, they want to cozy up to that power and so they will parrot its rhetoric. So companies, lobbyists, etc., sure.

    But like, regular people? With day jobs? Who function in regular society going to stores and cooking food and cleaning homes and all that? What is their actual vision of America here?

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      or a bot farm impersonating MAGAs and the press fall for it because nowadays no one verifies anything and X’s verification is meaningless since Elon made it so anyone who pays get one, bot or not

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        But not enough.

        77 million people still voted this orange shit-stain into office again. They saw what he’d done before. They saw an attempted coup. They heard all the Nazi-era rhetoric. And they thought “that’s the man for us”.

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          I’d say half to 75% regret their vote now

          So it’s a lot less for how firmly support him. Even less for how many will actually fight for him if civil war breaks out

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            75 might be hesitant but the media and these influencers are still bending everything they can to sanewash it all. So only about 5 percent would likely admit they regret their vote.

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    Don’t they KNOW the Founders EXPLICITLY Only Protected the RIGHT to SHOOT UP A SCHOOL?

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      The “patriots” want nothing but the destruction of everything they claim to love and worship with regards to America, the Constitution, etc, etc.

      All so they can put a emotionally unstable manbaby pants shitting pedophile and rapist on a golden throne as god-fuhrer.

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    So she sucks in a great many ways, but I’ve actually been surprised that Coney Barrett hasn’t been the rubber stamp i expected her to be

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      She mostly cares about forcing births because of her handmaiden upbringing, so with other issues she might possibly be less in lockstep with the fascists

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      If it makes you feel better she basically is the rubber stamp you expected, all she did here was “show skepticism”

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        Of the conservative justices, she has voted the least conservative the past two years. Her skepticism may actually indicate where she’ll vote.

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          Maybe she’s clever enough to realize they will yank her and the other women right off the court as soon as she’s no longer necessary? Again I don’t believe she’s a good person or done an about face, but I’ll take the foxhole allies if we can get them, we kinda fucked

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      That’s the double edge sword of a lifetime apppintment, they are beholden to no one after getting appointed (nothing short of a 2/3 senate conviction or illegal autocoups)

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    Every time I see verbs such as “rips” “slams” “melts down” I stop reading because I know it’s going to be hyperbole

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      lol you just waiting for the day a Supreme Court justice literally body slams someone?? Like of course it’s hyperbole, but it’s still interesting one of the DEI judges is showing skepticism, the article isn’t hyperbolic or audacious, just informative.

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      I miss that game. Can’t enjoy it anymore because the kids ruined it with their constant “wHeRe?” comments and general stupidity.

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    Cult-like behavior. Literally. “You’re with us all the way and must always back anything Dear Leader does or says. If you disagree with anything, you must be kicked out, expelled, recalled, fired, or voted out!” It’s absolutely psychotic to view the world in such zero-sum, black/white terms.

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        No see - it’s all about who’s doing the thing. Words are all made up anyway, there are just good guys and bad guys.

        Remember how “precedent” stopped them from allowing Obama to appoint a new Supreme Court judge as a lame duck, but the same logic didn’t apply to Trump?

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      Cult-like behavior.

      They want a policy and they’re loudly advocating that any politicians standing in their way get removed.

      The thing they’re asking for is awful. But God Damn, this is the kind of FDR/LBJ style titty twisting that any major legislation needs in order to happen in this country.

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    At first, I thought “remove this imposter” was a quote from ACB and I was like “Damn, she really woke up to this whole thing, huh?”

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      If we can’t have a progressive, Coney-Barrett would be a better chief justice. She seems to at least try to follow the Constitution (most of the time). Eff her for lying about RvW in her confirmation hearing, though. Eff all those guys.

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      She’s certainly performed better than expected. She actually seems to give a damn about the application of law in most cases.

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      they fast tracked her to the highest court in the country thinking she was properly trained to be their good little soldier

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        I don’t think fast tracked really covers it. That implies her career was slightly shorter than other justices. In fact, her career basically didn’t exist until she became a justice.