Jamie Raskin

And the first challenge to that was 30 years later in 1898 in the Wong Kim Sum case. And the Supreme Court again emphatically said everybody born here is a citizen of the United States. They were rejecting the Dred Scott definition of racial citizenship. in the country, which was that it's hereditary by virtue of race, as opposed to hereditary by virtue of being born in the country.

But that was the new vision adopted by the radical Republicans. Everybody fought on the union side in the Civil War and by the Supreme Court ever since.

But that was the new vision adopted by the radical Republicans. Everybody fought on the union side in the Civil War and by the Supreme Court ever since.

But that was the new vision adopted by the radical Republicans. Everybody fought on the union side in the Civil War and by the Supreme Court ever since.

Well, when the merits appear to be hopeless for Donald Trump—and remember, Jen, he's lost 156 preliminary injunctions and temporary restraining orders since this whole nightmare began. The federal courts are acting with a lot of muscle and determination to shut down this reign of lawlessness and authoritarianism.

Well, when the merits appear to be hopeless for Donald Trump—and remember, Jen, he's lost 156 preliminary injunctions and temporary restraining orders since this whole nightmare began. The federal courts are acting with a lot of muscle and determination to shut down this reign of lawlessness and authoritarianism.

Well, when the merits appear to be hopeless for Donald Trump—and remember, Jen, he's lost 156 preliminary injunctions and temporary restraining orders since this whole nightmare began. The federal courts are acting with a lot of muscle and determination to shut down this reign of lawlessness and authoritarianism.

What the conservatives are doing to try to avoid another loss on the merits, which is obvious here, is to find some procedural off-ramp that they can take to avoid that outcome.

What the conservatives are doing to try to avoid another loss on the merits, which is obvious here, is to find some procedural off-ramp that they can take to avoid that outcome.

What the conservatives are doing to try to avoid another loss on the merits, which is obvious here, is to find some procedural off-ramp that they can take to avoid that outcome.

And here they, I think, are hoping to deliver a mini-victory to Donald Trump by saying they're going to wipe out nationwide injunctions by federal district courts, which would be a completely absurd and inefficient thing to do. It's like saying, You know, everybody who's suing about race segregation in the courts has got to go to court him or herself.

And here they, I think, are hoping to deliver a mini-victory to Donald Trump by saying they're going to wipe out nationwide injunctions by federal district courts, which would be a completely absurd and inefficient thing to do. It's like saying, You know, everybody who's suing about race segregation in the courts has got to go to court him or herself.

And here they, I think, are hoping to deliver a mini-victory to Donald Trump by saying they're going to wipe out nationwide injunctions by federal district courts, which would be a completely absurd and inefficient thing to do. It's like saying, You know, everybody who's suing about race segregation in the courts has got to go to court him or herself.

And you can't rely on, you know, Linda Brown or a hypothetical plaintiff today to do it for everybody. So, that would mean, in this birthright citizenship case, every family affected by it would have to go to court, bringing tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of cases across the country. It just doesn't make any sense.

And you can't rely on, you know, Linda Brown or a hypothetical plaintiff today to do it for everybody. So, that would mean, in this birthright citizenship case, every family affected by it would have to go to court, bringing tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of cases across the country. It just doesn't make any sense.

And you can't rely on, you know, Linda Brown or a hypothetical plaintiff today to do it for everybody. So, that would mean, in this birthright citizenship case, every family affected by it would have to go to court, bringing tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of cases across the country. It just doesn't make any sense.

And that's not how we've operated, certainly not how the Republicans thought things should be under Joe Biden, when they brought lots of claims for nationwide relief in federal district courts across the land.

And that's not how we've operated, certainly not how the Republicans thought things should be under Joe Biden, when they brought lots of claims for nationwide relief in federal district courts across the land.

And that's not how we've operated, certainly not how the Republicans thought things should be under Joe Biden, when they brought lots of claims for nationwide relief in federal district courts across the land.

Don't forget that Judge Kaczmarek in the Northern District of Texas, who's the sole judge in the Northern District, so the right-wingers were lining up around the block to get into his court because they knew he would rule for them. And then they asked for a nationwide injunction on things like Mifepristone.