An emergency dispatch recording from June 14, 2026, has surfaced, indicating an Advanced Life Support (ALS) response was requested for Senator Mitch McConnell after he was reported unconscious. While the audio has not been independently verified and McConnell’s office has declined to comment on his specific condition or prognosis, a spokesperson stated he was “receiving excellent care” and “working closely with staff on Senate business.” This incident marks the second hospitalization for the 82-year-old senator this year, following a previous eight-day stay in February, and comes amidst broader concerns about his health’s deterioration over the past three years.
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Following the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down an executive order on birthright citizenship, Sean Davis, CEO of The Federalist, has advocated for extreme measures. In a social media post, Davis proposed a seven-point plan that includes banning pregnant foreigners, requiring sterilization of all visitors, and even the dissolution of the Union. These “unhinged” remarks suggest that if the judiciary oversteps its bounds, more drastic actions are warranted to control national citizenship. Davis asserts that a nation unable to restrict citizenship cannot truly be a nation.
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In a concurring opinion, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson sharply criticized Justice Clarence Thomas and the Trump administration’s interpretation of the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause. Jackson deemed their arguments “ahistorical” and a misinterpretation of the amendment’s universalist vision of equality. She contended that their approach incorrectly pitted Black Americans against immigrants, contrary to the amendment’s intent to prevent caste and subjugation. The Supreme Court ultimately upheld birthright citizenship, rejecting the administration’s attempt to limit it based on parental “domicile” and allegiance.
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On Monday, the Supreme Court delivered significant setbacks to Donald Trump by rejecting his appeal in the E. Jean Carroll case, blocking his attempt to fire a Federal Reserve official, and crucially, upholding the counting of late-arriving mail ballots. This last ruling thwarts a key strategy of the Trump-GOP to invalidate votes and potentially rig elections. Despite these losses, Trump secured a victory, gaining the power to dismiss independent regulators. Discussions with former Senate Judiciary Committee counsel Lisa Graves delve into the implications of these rulings, particularly how they impact election integrity and empower the court and Trump at Congress’s expense, while also exploring potential countermeasures for a future Democratic Congress.
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The Supreme Court has definitively upheld birthright citizenship, ruling in a 6-3 decision that the Constitution automatically grants citizenship to nearly all individuals born in the United States. Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the majority, affirmed that the Fourteenth Amendment’s language, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens,” was intentionally broad. This ruling directly refutes the executive order that sought to deny citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants or those on temporary visas, reinforcing a legal precedent stretching back over a century, exemplified by the landmark Wong Kim Ark case. The Court concluded that the Founders intended to confer citizenship upon children born within the nation’s borders, irrespective of their parents’ immigration status, with the exception of children of foreign diplomats.
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In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship on constitutional grounds, rebuking an executive order that sought to deny citizenship to children born in the U.S. to parents who had entered the country illegally or held temporary visas. The Court interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment’s clause stating “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States” to mean that all individuals born on U.S. soil are automatically granted citizenship, with very few exceptions. This decision reinforces a legal norm that has been in place for approximately 160 years, referencing the landmark Wong Kim Ark case and subsequent codifications of this principle.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear President Donald Trump’s appeal of a $5 million verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll, leaving the judgment in place. This decision follows a jury’s finding that Trump sexually assaulted Carroll in 1996 and a subsequent jury’s awarding her an additional $83.3 million for defamation. Trump expressed surprise and vowed to continue fighting what he called a “Weaponization and Lawfare Case.” Carroll’s attorney stated that this ruling affirms the jury’s verdict and ends Trump’s efforts to avoid accountability.
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It’s truly something to witness the sheer, unadulterated panic erupting from certain corners of the right after a recent Supreme Court ruling concerning mail-in ballots. The reaction is so extreme, so over-the-top, that phrases like “This is how our country dies” have become the rallying cry for a segment of the population that seems determined to view any expansion of voting access as an existential threat. It’s almost baffling to see such a strong, negative response to a ruling that, at its core, seems to affirm that people can vote and that those votes should be counted.
The notion that allowing people to vote via mail, especially when those ballots are postmarked by Election Day but might arrive a few days late, is the harbinger of the nation’s demise is a peculiar one.… Continue reading
The Supreme Court’s decision in *Trump v. Slaughter* significantly reshapes presidential power by overturning nearly a century of precedent, thereby diminishing Congress’s ability to create independent federal agencies. This ruling aligns with the long-standing “unitary executive” theory championed by conservative judges, which asserts that all executive power inherently belongs to the president. Consequently, officials in formerly independent agencies, such as the Federal Trade Commission, are now more susceptible to presidential removal, transforming the president into a more dominant figure in governance. While *Trump v. Cook* suggests a potential, albeit narrow, exception for the Federal Reserve, the broader impact of *Slaughter* grants the president greater control over the executive branch.
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In a strong dissent, Justice Sotomayor argued that the Court’s decision grants the President unprecedented power, exceeding even that of the English monarch the Founders rebelled against. The Constitution, its history, and established practices all indicate that Congress can indeed limit the President’s ability to remove heads of commissions. This ruling effectively allows the President to act in defiance of laws they are sworn to execute, transforming their duty into an unchecked authority.
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