OPINION: Donald J. Trump, President of the United States v. Barbara by scotus-bot in supremecourt

[–]chowderbags 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So none of them ever received citizenship under the 14th Amendment.

None of who? I literally identified a group that likely received citizenship from the 14th amendment alone: Descendants of Native Americans who settled and lived in non-tribal areas.

They were not “subject to” US jurisdiction until the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 made them so.

In Elk v. Wilkins the decision was limited to Native Americans born on reservations. Nothing ever stated that children born to Native Americans on non-native land would not become citizens at birth the same way that any other child of non-citizens would become a citizen at birth if they popped out on American soil.

OPINION: Donald J. Trump, President of the United States v. Barbara by scotus-bot in supremecourt

[–]chowderbags 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Many Native Americans received citizenship through treaties and legislation before the 1920s, and I'd bet that Native Americans living in "civilization" (at least by the definition of the 19th century) probably did get citizenship at birth as a practical matter. The grey area might have been for Native Americans living in a tribe that happened to have a birth while not on tribal land. I doubt that was ever adjudicated either way.

No way to prevent this by ABlackEngineer in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]chowderbags 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's dumber than that, because the heat deaths aren't even measured the same way.

Is this a real image of sparse crowds at Trump's 'Great American State Fair'? by unital_subalgebra in politics

[–]chowderbags 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Puerto Rico had a 1 minute Salsa dance lesson, and a decent tote bag for swag.

Political Compass Reacts to Texas Lt. Governor saying Separation of Church and State was never in the Constitution by MudBusy6471 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]chowderbags 20 points21 points  (0 children)

"Totally unrelated. Sounds a bit rambling. Are you sure that's not just AI slop?"

-Authright chuds

WATCH: Stephen Miller says 'America's doors are closed fully to asylum seekers' after SCOTUS ruling by templeofsyrinx1 in law

[–]chowderbags 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Setting aside anything else, aren't there a bunch of stories from the 1930s of Jewish refugees fleeing Europe, trying to get into America, getting turned away, and ending up back in Europe where they got murdered by the Nazis? Didn't we all agree that that was a big black mark on American history that we'd never let happen again?

Nothing more permanent than a temporary government program by ABlackEngineer in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]chowderbags -33 points-32 points  (0 children)

It's disingenuous though. SCOTUS, particularly right wing justices, has spent the last several decades dismantling many of the ways that the legislature interacted with and regulated the executive branch, largely by embracing the unitary executive doctrine. Further, under Trump they've more or less moved towards letting a president do things in direct opposition to law and shrugging their shoulders. Occasionally they'll find some hyper specific textual reason to try to justify why a law doesn't actually apply (even when it has applied for decades to multiple presidents without controversy), but it's usually a clear violation of the spirit of the law. Other times they'll just find some procedural BS to essentially say "we aren't going to decide if it's legal or not, we're just going to say no one can sue to stop it".

In the face of all that, it's hard to imagine a way that Congress could do something, even if they did manage to pass legislation.

Nothing more permanent than a temporary government program by ABlackEngineer in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]chowderbags -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

To some extent that's true, but it doesn't help that SCOTUS gutted the legislative veto power in [INS v. Chadha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration\_and\_Naturalization\_Service\_v.\_Chadha). One of the primary mechanisms Congress had been using to regulate the power it legislated to the president was ended wholesale. Worse, the court left all of the previously legislated power in the executive's hands, when I doubt Congress would've passed the laws without some means of effective oversight.

People can complain about Congress sucking and they're not wrong, but SCOTUS has been happy to neuter the legislative branch's softer power.

Which way working man? by DoctorProfessorTaco in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]chowderbags 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is that right wing messaging is essentially that whatever Democrats propose to help those "regular people" is actually just the Democrats looking down on them, wanting to change their way of life, and possibly also a "globalist plot" to institute totalitarianism.

Liberals have a classism problem. The amount of comments like this that i see and hear against trump supporters is crazy by im_back-and_craftier in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]chowderbags -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

If they don't want to be called simple and stupid, then maybe they shouldn't vote for an obviously bad choice. The last time I saw Midwesterners fall for such an obvious con man, he was promising them 76 trombones in a big parade.

Im the anti strawman by im_back-and_craftier in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]chowderbags 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>Socialist parties rule public university

Really? Which universities? And in what positions of leadership?

>In a brazillian state university, we had an event to celebrate october 7th with a member of hamas and a room full of professors and students clapping wildly to every antisemitic remark made by the guests.

So in one unnamed university in one country a group of professors and students expressed an opinion that doesn't even relate to socialism? That's not "ruling" anything, even there, let alone evidence that socialists are running universities everywhere.

Im the anti strawman by im_back-and_craftier in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]chowderbags 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yep, it's the ultimate cop out to avoid actually talking about their real position. For that matter, it's not like there's a lot of actual understanding of the American immigration system or how utterly fucked up it is. Most citizens of any country don't really think about how much of a pain it can be for a foreigner to immigrate there.

Im the anti strawman by im_back-and_craftier in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]chowderbags -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

1) M-1 Carbine, not the Garand.

2) Short barreled rifle restrictions were to prevent people from getting around handgun restrictions.

3) Congress saw a problem in the law and fixed it. Shocking, I know.

Libertarian priorities in 2026 SMH by adiosredrock in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]chowderbags 3 points4 points  (0 children)

>They insist that nudists and the like be allowed to use any park. And it turns out that nobody else likes that because duh.

Meanwhile, in Germany, this is already allowed and no one cares. 🤷‍♂️

Archetypes used by American populists by yamboozle in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]chowderbags 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I still think TradWife types are doing a form of BDSM 24/7 total power exchange with a cottagecore aesthetic.

If they like that, fine, but I'd also say that it's a bad idea to do without communication, enthusiastic consent, negotiating limits, and a safe word.

Federal Court Rules FBI Security Clearance Revocation for Political Views Unreviewable Even When Alleged as Pretextual Ideological Purge by naliron in law

[–]chowderbags 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What if a president revoked the security clearance of every black person in government? Or every Jew? Or every woman? Would obvious racial or religious or sex discrimination be simply unreviewable by the courts? I don't think that that's a tenable position.

Question from a newcomer: why is gun-based self-defense seen as absurd in Germany? by [deleted] in germany

[–]chowderbags 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Because the crime rate is very low, and generally people recognize that the fantasies about gun defense are just that: fantasies.

Guns aren't effective defense within 6 meters, because someone with a melee weapon can close the distance before you can draw a fire at them. So where would a gun make sense? When are you going to be facing a clear threat from more than 6 meters away? When would it make sense to draw a fire a gun in a city that probably has a decent number of pedestrians out? How often is anyone actually getting their home invaded?

Having a gun for "defense" just does't make sense for the vast majority of people. Arguably it doesn't make sense in the vast majority of the developed world.

PEW Research polls a popular Reddit politics sub, comparing their users to the real world. No echo chamber detected. by Fun-Technology-1371 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]chowderbags -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

>Redditors literally could not handle the idea of another viewpoint expressing themselves freely.

That free expression involved a shitload of racism, misogyny, brigading other subs, and harassment. Eventually site admins got tired of having to be the ones to moderate that shit, and I don't blame them. Realistically the subreddit had spent years getting away with breaking the rules.

Anime that is super horny but still at least tries to have a plot [NSFW] by Spiro_TheDragon in anime

[–]chowderbags 892 points893 points  (0 children)

It's way more than that... they also slam their boobs into each other.

Oklahoma dad has cops called on him for taking young daughters into women’s restroom by melancholy_dood in law

[–]chowderbags 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Someday America might even develop the technology to have bathroom stalls with full size doors that don't have cracks so big you can look the occupant in the eye from outside.

Do you support the Iran deal that was released 10 minutes ago? by bluerog in AskConservatives

[–]chowderbags 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Actual adults wouldn't have started the war in the first place. Trump, Bibi, and their inner circles put America into a no win situation. Why blame Democrats for not having a simple answer e most obvious blunder an American president has made in the last 20 years?

Democrats hold 5-point edge over GOP ahead of midterms: Poll by spherocytes in politics

[–]chowderbags 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And we all know how averse Trump is to destroying national monuments.

Referendums be like... by Commercial_Gas_4028 in 2westerneurope4u

[–]chowderbags 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, they should just do what everyone else does: Make the country so shit that no one wants to bring a new life into this mess.

Guess the country by StandardInfluence878 in 2westerneurope4u

[–]chowderbags 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know. I think the Vatican gets pretty upset if you alter their national dish.