Hawaii’s Supreme Court Declares War On SCOTUS

Seeds Of A Nullification Crisis Are Planted By Hawaii RulingIn its Granillo v. State opinion, the Hawaii Supreme Court aggressively targets the Supreme Court. Other courts may follow.

Courting No Favor

John Roberts kicks ass. The chief justice's supremely magisterial end-of-term majority opinion in Trump v. Barbara, the birthright citizenship case, powerfully vindicated the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment. Roberts's impressive historical analysis left the lead dissenter, Justice Clarence Thomas, looking like the bloodied loser of a Trumpian UFC cage match.

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‘Judicial Minimalist’ John Roberts Violated Procedures To Write Maximalist Birthplace Citizenship Opinion

Chief Justice John Roberts has long prided himself on being a judicial minimalist and proceduralist. He wants to preserve the image of the judiciary, and especially the Supreme Court, as an impartial arbiter of cases and controversies.   Very often, when highly politicized cases connected to Trump have reached the court, Roberts has sought ways to […]

In A Year Of High-Stakes SCOTUS Decisions, Justice Alito Steals The Show

People are finally starting to appreciate how instrumental Justice Alito is to many of the Supreme Court's consequential decisions.

SCOTUS Win For Trump Admin Should Motivate Us To Eliminate TPS Completely

The only way to ensure we don’t witness abuses of TPS once again is to shut down the questionable program completely.

Citizenship Has Become A Financial Product Ripe For Exploitation By Birth Tourists And Illegals

A 2025 policy paper arguing against the repeal of birthplace citizenship warned that people losing citizenship would be 'unable to access economic supports in times of need.'

‘Grotesque Results’ Of Birth Tourism Allow Foreign Invaders To Seize Control Of U.S. From The Inside

'The Court has repurposed the Fourteenth Amendment to protect its own set of preferred rights,' Justice Thomas wrote.

Thomas, Alito: In Birthplace Citizenship Ruling, John Roberts Imposes ‘Feudal’ ‘Darkness’

Congress explicitly rejected Roberts' new feudalism in the same year the Citizenship Clause was ratified.

Alito: John Roberts Sold Out The Declaration Of Independence ‘Only Days Before’ 250th Anniversary

'Every step of this story is incorrect," Alito wrote. 'The Declaration of Independence repudiated the foundation on which the British rule was based.'