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On the recordJune 30, 2026
the Court has repurposed the Fourteenth Amendment to protect its own set of preferred rights … the Court does so again by recognizing a constitutional right to citizenship for the children of all foreign birth tourists and illegal aliens.
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Clarence Thomas

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Dissenting opinion on birthright citizenship ruling.

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