SCOTUS Weighs Birthright Citizenship. Trump Voting Order Under Fire. GA Lawmaker Goes Off

Legal analysis from Ellie Mistal suggests that Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship faced overwhelming skepticism from Supreme Court justices during oral arguments. Justices like John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett questioned the legal basis of the administration's arguments, particularly the reliance on a 'made up' term 'domicile' and the use of sources from a known white supremacist, Alfred P. Morse.

Ellie Mistal, Justice Correspondent for The Nation, stated, 'Trump lost and Trump lost hard.' He cited Chief Justice Roberts' 'it may be a new world but it's the same constitution' as a mic drop moment and noted Justice Barrett's strong criticism of the 'blood of your birth parents' argument. Mistal also highlighted that Trump's argument was based on Alfred P. Morse, who argued for segregationists in Plessy v. Ferguson.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivy signed a bill (SB19), named after journalist Roy Johnson, requiring insurance companies to cover prostate cancer screenings at no cost. This landmark legislation, effective October 1st, ensures men over 50 and high-risk men over 40 can receive vital screenings without out-of-pocket expenses, directly influenced by Johnson's public sharing of his prostate cancer journey.

Roy Johnson detailed his diagnosis a year prior and his commitment to sharing his journey to encourage testing. He emphasized that prostate cancer is 'very treatable, very curable' and that early detection is key, especially for Black men who are three times more likely to die from it. He also noted the bill received bipartisan support and the backing of insurance companies.

Georgia State Representative Tanya Miller delivered a powerful and unvarnished history lesson to her legislative colleagues who were supporting Confederate monuments. She condemned their 'celebrated ignorance' of American chattel slavery, differentiating it sharply from biblical slavery and detailing its brutal realities, including murder, rape, and 'buck breaking' of Black men. Miller argued that the Civil War was fought over slavery and that these monuments belong in museums, not public spaces.

Miller stated, 'The Civil War was fought over slavery. The people who we are memorializing in these Confederate monuments went to war with their own countrymen over slavery, over the right to own another person, to force women to have babies and breed, to buck break black men.' She concluded by telling her colleagues, 'We'll see you in court.'

Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones confirmed that Democratic attorneys general nationwide are united in their intent to sue the Trump administration over its executive order on mail-in voting. The order, which proposes individual barcodes on every mail-in envelope, is seen as an illegal federal overreach into state-administered elections and a baseless attempt to sow fear and misinformation about voter fraud.

AG Jones stated, 'All of the Democratic attorneys general are united in lock step that we are going to sue because this executive order is clearly illegal.' He emphasized that states 'administer elections. We do it well. We know what we're doing.'