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Hannah Throckmorton's avatar

Brilliantly penned! My heart is racing, and I already knew what we’re in the middle of… I’ll share across all platforms in hopes that people who aren’t paying attention will finally do so.

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Donny Evans's avatar

Thank you deeply for this. If even one more person starts paying attention because of your share, that’s a win against the silence. We’re not just documenting the collapse—we’re naming it, line by line. Grateful to be in the fight with you. 💙

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Kaija Reiss's avatar

Every ”like”, every ”share” counts.

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Janis Sheen's avatar

Lays at the feet of Trump and Roberts. This is what the majority of the Electoral College voted for and just the beginning of what we stand to lose.

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Donny Evans's avatar

Absolutely. This isn’t just about rulings—it’s about the systems that empowered them. Trump may have lit the match, but Roberts laid the wiring. And as you said, this is only the beginning.

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Janine's avatar

This cut right through me

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Donny Evans's avatar

That’s exactly what it was meant to do. We’re past the point of gentle warnings. Sometimes the truth needs a blade. Thank you for reading and engaging. 🙏

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DEO's avatar

Your surmise is chilling but so clear.

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Donny Evans's avatar

Thank you. Clarity is the least we owe each other in a moment like this—especially when the stakes are this high and the silence is this thick.

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David Baird's avatar

If only your incisive writing could be seen somewhere, anywhere in the mainstream media, Donny! Outstanding.

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Donny Evans's avatar

That means more than you know. I’ll keep writing like the right people are already reading—and the rest can’t look away forever. Thank you for standing with this work. 💙

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David Baird's avatar

Donny, we watch from here Down Under with bated breath for the next act of the US regime (it's not an administration) while our government still tugs the forelock, bends the knee, kisses the ring of the regime's Clown Head of State. Australia would be well advised to speak truth to power, that is, openly declare the actions of Trump to be fascist in intent and practice. But we continue to pretend all is well, the US is a reliable ally, we have a long history blah, blah, blah.... Besides being embarrassing and humiliating, it's bloody dangerous.

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Donny Evans's avatar

You’re exactly right—it’s not just dangerous for us. It’s radioactive for every nation still tethered to the illusion of American stability. The regime doesn’t just erode rights at home; it exports the spectacle abroad. Grateful you’re watching—and naming it—with eyes wide open.

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Jeanne McSherry's avatar

Great article Donny - chilling

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John D Fitzmorris Jr's avatar

Wow!

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Philip Englett's avatar

On the right we are finally calling into question some interpretations of the Constitution that benefit those who wish to destroy. We want to return to the founders reasoning when they wrote the beloved document. I have read the 14th and think it a stretch to interpret that it includes those who want to weaken America through birthright tourism. Much like Roe an interpretation that hurts actual citizens..

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Donny Evans's avatar

If the goal is to return to the founders’ reasoning, then the Fourteenth Amendment deserves more than selective reverence. It was written by people who had just fought a war to abolish caste—and it was designed to guarantee that every person born on U.S. soil would belong to the nation, regardless of ancestry or status. That wasn’t a loophole. That was the point.

In United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898), the Supreme Court held: “The Fourteenth Amendment affirms the ancient and fundamental rule of citizenship by birth within the territory… including all children here born of resident aliens.” It goes further: “Every person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, becomes at once a citizen… whatever the status of the parents.”

Birthright tourism may be politically irritating, but it doesn’t nullify constitutional intent. Roe was about implied privacy rights. The Fourteenth is about explicit citizenship guarantees. Equating the two isn’t originalism. It’s opportunism.

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Jim Ryan's avatar

Wonderfully written. Robert's is, of course, responsible for the danger the court is in. From citizens united,to the gutting of the civil rights voting act,to the Dobvs decision, overturning Chevron and giving Trump immunity,to turning a blind eye to the corruption of Thomas, Alito and Scalia before then. What did he think Trump would do? Be forever grateful and very a good boy? If democracy does not survive, Roberts deserves some of the blame. If it survives, he will be responsible for it being in peril in the first place and considered one of the worst Chief Justices ever!

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Shelie's avatar

They tossed the constitution and the rule of law, years ago. Don't be so dramatic. Voting is a meaningless joke, look at the goofball creeps on the ballot. Its two sides of the same coin, the wings of that fake masonic eagle. We are just waiting for the mao revolution to get going, I'm sure one of these criminal NGO's will fund it. I guess we should wait for a few more spending bills, and more federal reserve notes to be printed, then we will all be poor enough to own nothing and be happy. These jerk's always cause the problem, the idiot public cries for solutions, and they already have them written up by some university legal mind to make fake promises, and more rules and regulations. And of course, them and their rich corporate buddies steal even more. And any stupid idea they come up with where they pretend to help the poor, or save the environment, you pay for, and everyone gets poorer, and sicker. Stop relying on the "government" to do anything good, because they won't.

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Donny Evans's avatar

There’s truth in your disgust—corruption thrives on false choices, and power prefers a public too cynical to fight back. But fatalism isn’t insight. It’s anesthesia. This essay wasn’t written to defend the system. It was written to expose what happens when even the performance of law collapses. If that doesn’t compel us to act, then we’re not critics. We’re collaborators.

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Shelie's avatar

True

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Rachel Isabelle-Hubata Ashton's avatar

Donald Trump’s mother was an illegal from Scotland.

His wife Ivanka was also an illegal from Czechoslovakia. Hence the 3 idiots ( Jr., Ivanka and Eric ) are all illegal. His wife Melania is an illegal from Slovakia. Thus Barron should be denied birthright citizenship and all of the Trumpfs should be deported to Libya where ISIS can traffic them into slavery. About the Suoreme Court, they are more unpopular than Trump, with an approval rating of 31%. We the people should make them obsolete since they are not

originalists and several of them, such as Barret, have been denied acceptance into the ABA. Neither are they constitutionalists, except for the 3 liberal justices (Sotomayer, Kagan and Brown. These 3 are the only justices who still write opinions and follow the Constitution. These conservatives are pulling junk they call “Constitutional” or “Original” from their asses and this can’t stand! We must all study the Constitution, which you can obtain for free on most Law school websites. WE THE PEOPLE will then see

the fascist takeover from the Trump regime and the SCOTUS.

This court needs to be obsolete until we can get enough politicians who know the Constitution and have enough courage to restructure the SCOTUS. Until then, we need to demand our representatives and senators make the court rulings obsolete. Trump has been doing this. Let’s give him a taste of his own medicine.

If we don’t take our country back from the MAGA FASCIST PLAGUE, we are going to lose our republic and its Constitutional Democracy. This is war and we need to remove that son of a bitch by his wig and drag him through the streets of DC. We also must form community warriors and start making the cowardly fascists American Gestapo (IVE) eat bullets. Anyone agree! If so, please spread the word.

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Donny Evans's avatar

There’s nothing “automatic” about it—there’s precedent. In United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898), the Supreme Court ruled that a child born on U.S. soil to non-citizen parents is a citizen under the Fourteenth Amendment. His parents were barred from naturalization, and yet the Court upheld his citizenship. That decision has stood for 126 years.

You’re not refuting law—you’re rejecting it. And framing this as a Democratic Party conspiracy doesn’t make your argument stronger. It makes it lazier. The Constitution doesn’t expire when it’s inconvenient. And the people who claim to defend it should try reading it.

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Donny Evans's avatar

Actually, that is precisely what the Court ruled in United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898). I’ll quote the decision directly, since clarity seems to be in short supply:

“Every person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, becomes at once a citizen… whatever the status of the parents.”

Wong Kim Ark’s parents were Chinese nationals barred from naturalization. The Court ruled he was a U.S. citizen under the Fourteenth Amendment because he was born here—full stop.

You don’t have to like the ruling. But pretending it doesn’t exist doesn’t make your argument stronger. It makes it wrong.

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Donny Evans's avatar

Thank you for confirming what this was all along: not a legal argument, but a racial provocation dressed in bad faith. You used a slur to “yank my chain,” admitted it, and then accused others of bigotry while indulging in white replacement conspiracy rhetoric.

You’re banned.

If your goal was to get the last word, enjoy it. If your goal was to be taken seriously, you missed.

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Donny Evans's avatar

Let’s clear something up—because others are watching, and facts still matter.

In United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898), the Supreme Court held that anyone born on U.S. soil—regardless of parental status—is a citizen under the Fourteenth Amendment. His parents were not citizens. They were not eligible for naturalization. And still, the Court ruled:

“Every person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, becomes at once a citizen… whatever the status of the parents.”

That’s precedent. Not theory. Not opinion. And certainly not up for revision based on who makes you uncomfortable.

When someone tries to erase that with racist language—like referring to Wong Kim Ark as a “chinaman”—they’re not arguing the law. They’re defacing it. That behavior is repugnant, and I won’t allow it on this platform.

If you want to debate the Constitution, do it. But if you bring bigotry into my comment section again, you’re gone. No second warning.

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Donny Evans's avatar

That reaction means everything. If the truth feels like betrayal, it’s because the institutions we trusted did the betraying. Thank you for reading through the hurt—and for recognizing what had to be said.

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Donny Evans's avatar

Please do.

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SunShine's avatar

Thank you for telling the bold truth no matter how shocking! I hope the court is able to meet the moment head on and not buckle!

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