Alito: So the Supremes rule by default that the words "subject to the jurisdiction" in the 14th Amendment are indeed superfluous, which is nuts

 Alito:

... Third, the Court cannot explain why the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States applies to naturalized citizens. All naturalized citizens, like everyone else who is present in this country, must obey the law, so if that phrase meant what the Court thinks, it is superfluous. By contrast, if it means not being “subject to any foreign power,” it serves an identifiable purpose and explains why the naturalization statutes, both before and after the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment, required those seeking naturalization to renounce allegiance to any other country. For these reasons, the Court’s interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause fails on textualist grounds.

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The Court does not confront these problems because it pays little attention to the constitutional text. Instead of performing its own textual analysis, the Court leans on precedent that glosses the text. Ante, at 10–12. But none of the cases it cites analyzed the text of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause. ...

 

Peggy Noonan: The Alitos did nothing wrong, and the dishonest activist is nothing but a Stalinist rat

  

 But there was something quite inhuman in what the left-wing activist did. She treated human beings as if they were mere means to her end. She acted out admiration to perform reputational harm. She presented herself falsely to inflict damage. That the content she produced was disseminated by honest grown-up journalists is to their discredit.

She claims to oppose polarization but fans it, further alienating those who already lack trust in institutions like the court and professionals like journalists. She presents another warning to those who hold or are adjacent to high office: You can’t assume good faith on the part of fellow citizens who seek you out.

More than that, it is deeply Stalinist. In Stalin’s time private life was dead, and private comments too. Neighbor spied on neighbor and reported back subversive comments to the Central Committee. People became spies, rooting out ideological error. 

More.

Even while telling the truth they lie

 Mediaite won't say "distress signal":

Justice Alito Claims His Wife Hung Coup Flag Distress Signal Because Neighbor Called Her a C***

And WaPo says "insulting language on yard signs" but won't say "cunt":

Wife of Justice Alito called upside-down flag ‘signal of distress’

 

California insurrectionists have been flying the Appeal to Heaven flag in the Civic Center Plaza's Pavilion of American Flags in San Francisco since 1964

 Maybe The San Francisco Chronicle should investigate.

 

 

 

 

 

-- San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department, February 2017, here.

The New York Times has one really stupid AND lazy Pulitizer Prize winning investigative reporter who never heard of the Pine Tree Riot of 1772

 

Alito sold Bud Light stock and bought Coors

 

 

 

 

 

Stupidest story yet:

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/20/supreme-court-alito-sold-bud-light-stock-bought-coors-boycott.html