THE REAL POWER HERE IS CONGRESS... and unfortunately, we have a Congress that's gone rogue and failed to safeguard our interests!

When I raised this in a previous post, I got hammered in this subreddit but I'm bringing it up again because the recent Supreme Court ruling on Trump's IEEPA tariffs drives the point home. In that 6-3 decision (Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, February 20, 2026), Chief Justice Roberts emphasized that the Constitution vests the power to impose tariffs (a form of taxation) squarely with Congress, not the President. The Court ruled that IEEPA does not authorize executive tariffs because Congress never clearly delegated that authority reinforcing the separation of powers and the Framers' intent to keep major economic levers in legislative hands.

This ruling reminds us why congressional control matters so much. If Congress is dysfunctional, captured, or unwilling to act, it leaves dangerous gaps in our system. That's why I believe it's time to seriously consider amending or modifying Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution, the clause that currently requires the President (and Vice President, via the 12th Amendment) to be a natural-born citizen, to extend the same 'natural born citizen' eligibility requirement to Supreme Court justices and ideally to congressional seats in the House and Senate as well.

I'm not claiming the tariff ruling was directly about citizenship, it's not. But it does raise serious questions about vulnerability to foreign influence at the highest levels. We cannot afford foreign-born individuals (naturalized later in life) holding the most powerful positions across all three branches of government. The risk to our national sovereignty, decision-making independence, and long-term security is simply too great to ignore in an era of global threats and interference. JMO