When it comes to the chaos surrounding birthright citizenship, the latest absurd arguments from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson should leave every American shaking their head. The Biden-appointed justice, whose so-called “credentials” are more about checking boxes than knowing the law, couldn’t even stick to the actual constitutional debate. Instead, she hauled out irrelevant, off-the-wall comparisons that show just how out of her depth she really is.
In a moment that captured everything wrong with the left’s approach to American citizenship, Jackson tried to claim that just being physically present somewhere—like a tourist in Japan—suddenly creates a meaningful allegiance. According to her logic, anyone on U.S. soil, even illegal aliens crossing the border in the dead of night or people who overstay their tourist visas, owe some kind of “local allegiance” just because they’re temporarily here. She seemed to think that basic legal accountability, like being arrested for a crime abroad, is somehow the same as patriotic loyalty and commitment to the American nation.
This is a dangerous and frankly ridiculous way to look at American citizenship. Bringing up these bizarre hypotheticals about wallets being stolen in Japan reveals just how clueless the left has become about what our Constitution really says. The framers of the 14th Amendment weren’t inviting the whole world to drop in and claim the rights of citizenship by accident or fraud. Citizenship is about lasting bonds and real allegiance—not just being here for a weekend.
Even more embarrassing, Justice Jackson admitted she didn’t actually understand the sources she referenced. This isn’t just a gaffe—it’s proof that Biden’s Supreme Court pick wasn’t chosen for her sharp mind, but to fulfill a radical “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” promise. The American people deserve a Supreme Court justice who knows the law, not someone fumbling through hypotheticals while ignoring history and common sense.
Liberal elites want to erase the meaning of citizenship, dissolve national borders, and make America a doormat for the world. They twist simple legal terms until they mean the opposite of what our founders intended. Instead of protecting the rights of real Americans, they’re obsessed with pleasing globalist interests and ticking off quotas. How much longer will we let these out-of-touch radicals hand our country away?
Source: Townhall
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