President Donald Trump's bid to cut off birthright citizenship is a "flagrantly unlawful attempt to strip hundreds of thousands American-born children of their citizenship based on their parentage," attorneys for 18 states, the city of San Francisco and the District of Columbia said Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging the president's executive order signed just hours after he was sworn in Monday.
The lawsuit accused Trump of seeking eliminate a "well-established and longstanding Constitutional principle" by executive fiat.
"The President has no authority to rewrite or nullify a constitutional amendment or duly enacted statute. Nor is he empowered by any other source of law to limit who receives United States citizenship at birth," the lawsuit said.
Let's see how the Supreme Court deals with this...
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While in office in 2020, Trump signed an executive order that effectively banned the use of the social media platform in the United States. He's had a change of heart, since, however, and in March 2024, Trump reversed his position. Trump now says that despite concerns over privacy and alleged Chinese spying, the First Amendment issues involved with banning the platform are "sweeping and troubling." Who could possibly gain from this complete turnaround? -
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At the top of the house the apples are laid in rows, And the skylight lets the moonlight in, and those Apples are deep-sea apples of green. There goes A cloud on the moon in the autumn night. A mouse in the wainscot scratches, and scratches, and then There is no sound at the top of the house of men Or mice; and the cloud is blown, and the moon again Dapples the apples with deep-sea light. They are lying in rows there, under the gloomy beams; On the sagging floor; they gather the silver streams Out of the moon, those moonlit apples of dreams, And quiet is the steep stair under. In the corridors under there is nothing but sleep. And stiller than ever on orchard boughs they keep Tryst with the moon, and deep is the silence, deep On moon-washed apples of wonder. -
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Town Halls, including Richmond's, that set low Council Tax bills are to be "punished" by losing millions of pounds of funding, The Telegraph has revealed today. New rules have been introduced by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, under which local authorities that set low council tax will receive less in government grants than those with high bills. ************************************************************************************** Her department has claimed that it would be wrong for the Government to "reward places that have been able to keep council tax levels low". *************************************************************************************** It could mean that councils that run their areas more economically have to impose savage cuts to services. -
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Now as I was young and easy under the apple boughs About the lilting house and happy as the grass was green, The night above the dingle starry, Time let me hail and climb Golden in the heydays of his eyes, And honoured among wagons I was prince of the apple towns And once below a time I lordly had the trees and leaves Trail with daisies and barley Down the rivers of the windfall light. And as I was green and carefree, famous among the barns About the happy yard and singing as the farm was home, In the sun that is young once only, Time let me play and be Golden in the mercy of his means, And green and golden I was huntsman and herdsman, the calves Sang to my horn, the foxes on the hills barked clear and cold, And the sabbath rang slowly In the pebbles of the holy streams. All the sun long it was running, it was lovely, the hay Fields high as the house, the tunes from the chimneys, it was air And playing, lovely and watery And fire green as grass. And nightly under the simple stars As I rode to sleep the owls were bearing the farm away, All the moon long I heard, blessed among stables, the nightjars Flying with the ricks, and the horses Flashing into the dark. And then to awake, and the farm, like a wanderer white With the dew, come back, the cock on his shoulder: it was all Shining, it was Adam and maiden, The sky gathered again And the sun grew round that very day. So it must have been after the birth of the simple light In the first, spinning place, the spellbound horses walking warm Out of the whinnying green stable On to the fields of praise. And honoured among foxes and pheasants by the gay house Under the new made clouds and happy as the heart was long, In the sun born over and over, I ran my heedless ways, My wishes raced through the house high hay And nothing I cared, at my sky blue trades, that time allows In all his tuneful turning so few and such morning songs Before the children green and golden Follow him out of grace, Nothing I cared, in the lamb white days, that time would take me Up to the swallow thronged loft by the shadow of my hand, In the moon that is always rising, Nor that riding to sleep I should hear him fly with the high fields And wake to the farm forever fled from the childless land. Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means, Time held me green and dying Though I sang in my chains like the sea. -
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Today we have naming of parts. Yesterday, We had daily cleaning. And tomorrow morning, We shall have what to do after firing. But today, Today we have naming of parts. Japonica Glistens like coral in all of the neighboring gardens, And today we have naming of parts. This is the lower sling swivel. And this Is the upper sling swivel, whose use you will see, When you are given your slings. And this is the piling swivel, Which in your case you have not got. The branches Hold in the gardens their silent, eloquent gestures, Which in our case we have not got. This is the safety-catch, which is always released With an easy flick of the thumb. And please do not let me See anyone using his finger. You can do it quite easy If you have any strength in your thumb. The blossoms Are fragile and motionless, never letting anyone see Any of them using their finger. And this you can see is the bolt. The purpose of this Is to open the breech, as you see. We can slide it Rapidly backwards and forwards: we call this Easing the spring. And rapidly backwards and forwards The early bees are assaulting and fumbling the flowers: They call it easing the Spring. They call it easing the Spring: it is perfectly easy If you have any strength in your thumb: like the bolt, And the breech, and the cocking-piece, and the point of balance, Which in our case we have not got; and the almond-blossom Silent in all of the gardens and the bees going backwards and forwards, For today we have naming of parts. -
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This morning, the president-elect was sentenced for his 34-count conviction on business fraud and other New York state felonies in connection with silencing a porn actress about their affair before the 2016 election. But despite his crimes, Donald Trump received no punishment. It would be hard for a novelist to imagine a more telling scene in the larger story of our moment in which a privileged old man can’t say enough to be racist, can’t break enough laws to be incarcerated, can’t fail enough to be a failure and can’t be stupid enough to be stupid. Van Lathan, Jr., wasn’t talking about the fact that impunity for pretty much everything is the point of Trump, but he may as well have been when he said in June that he’s “the whitest white man we’ve ever seen.” With this sentencing, it’s official. Trump will be the first president to be a criminal president. This, of course, is only a minor accounting. Trump has been, in fact, a deviant and devious criminal mind for most of his adult life. He enriched himself when he was president the first time. He stole government secrets. He tried overthrowing an election. With his third campaign, he and his allies, including a murder of billionaires and half a dozen justices on the US Supreme Court, set out to turn the republic against not only itself but against the rule of law. They succeeded. Civil institutions could not hold him accountable. The media failed. The law failed. The courts failed. The American people failed. Some still like to say no one is above the law, but it all sounds quaint to me. The insurrection of January 6, 2021, has been institutionalized. It is now the establishment. It is now “the way things are.” Trump and his allies have achieved what historical figures like Joseph McCarthy, Robert Welch and George Wallace could only dream of: the restoration of “natural order of things” in America. Heads – I win. Tails – you lose. Some deny it. They insist on the existence of some kind of immutable law, like the force of gravity, that will compel Trump to be presidential. “There is one thing about being president-elect: You become president. And then you’re in charge. You’re responsible. You have to govern,” William Kristol said. “Beginning January 20, it will be Trump’s show. From the most trivial things to the most weighty, the power will emanate from and the buck will stop at Trump’s Oval Office.” -
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Asked at a press conference at his Florida resort whether he could assure the world he would not use military or economic coercion as he tries to gain control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, Trump said, "No, I can't assure you on either of those two. But I can say this, we need them for economic security." Putin/Ukraine ... Trump/Panama Spot the difference. -
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Besides declining Trump’s humble offer to bring Canada into the United States, Elizabeth May, an MP for British Columbia, offered her own deal instead to neighbours south of the border. “You think we want to be the 51st state? Nah, but maybe California would like to be the 11th province,” she said. “How ‘bout it, California? Oregon? Washington? We’ve got geography in common,” said May, adding that British Columbians are already comfortable with our southern neighbours in the Cascadia region. “This is what we’ve got for you: Free healthcare, universal, free healthcare...safer streets here, we have strict gun laws, and women have the right to an abortion under the universal healthcare system. She added an appeal to Trump himself, saying that by Canada taking on those three states, it would “get rid of all these states that always vote democrat.” A great idea wasted on a man with no sense of humour? -
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"Dublin Airport's cafes served up more than 2.5 million cups of tea and coffee during 2024 to passengers - equating to a cup of tea or coffee being poured at the airport every 12 seconds. New figures from airport operator daa also reveal that the bars in Dublin Airport sold more than 1.5 million pints of Guinness this year to passengers. Meanwhile, Dublin Airport passengers ate a full Irish breakfast every minute on average during the year daa. The top-selling crisp sold in the airport this year was Tayto, with more than 500,000 packets sold over the past 12 months. When it comes to chocolate, Toblerone is the favourite of passengers, with a total of 72 tonnes of Toblerone sold this year - the equivalent of 72 family cars. A total of 1.4 million passengers were set to travel through Dublin Airport this Christmas. A total of 550 wedding and engagement rings were also handed in to the airport's lost and found department this year. More than 100 of those rings remain unclaimed, including many engagement rings, daa said." -
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"House prices are not just a popular conservation topic, but a British obsession. While it is easy to take the view that prices will keep rising in the long run, short-term sluggishness can still have a big impact on those with a pressing need to buy or sell. Over the last 50 years, the average UK property price has risen from £9,139 in October 1974 to £292,059 as of October 2024, based on the latest Land Registry figures. That represents an average increase of more than 3,095 per cent. If history were to repeat itself and house prices grew by the same levels over the next 50 years, that would mean the average UK home could cost over £9million in 2074." Your thoughts? -
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He was chivvying me in the darkness before dawn as I put the rubbish out for collection earlier. I'm using my coffee grinder to grate peanuts down to grain-size so he has several small personal feeding places away from the competition. Also he'll still be feeding about now as dusk approaches, and often pops in for supper on a wall near the kitchen window. -
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World chess number one Magnus Carlsen has quit a major tournament after being told he could not carry on playing while wearing jeans. The grandmaster said he had offered to change his trousers for the next day, but was fined and told he needed to change immediately. He said he had been wearing jeans for a lunch meeting, and "didn't even think about" swapping them for a different pair of trousers when heading to the tournament. He turned up wearing a shirt, blazer, dark jeans and dress shoes and played a few rounds before being asked to change. In a statement, FIDE confirmed the 34-year-old was fined $200 (£159), and said its rules were applied "impartially". They cited a case where another player was fined on the same day before changing his shoes... -
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The European Union must commit to purchasing “large scale” amounts of US oil and gas or face tariffs, according to US president-elect Donald Trump. In his latest trade war threat, the incoming GOP president spoke out against Brussels via his account on social media site Truth Social. Trump said: "I told the European Union that they must make up their tremendous deficit with the United States by the large scale purchase of our oil and gas. Otherwise, it is TARIFFS all the way!!!" -
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The lawyer assisting Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in selecting federal health officials for the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump has filed a petition urging the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine. The vaccine has safeguarded millions of people for decades against a virus that can cause paralysis or death. Trump said he's going to direct Kennedy to study the rising rates of autism diagnoses and that he'd consider getting rid of some vaccines for children, falsely suggesting autism may be caused by vaccines. "We're going to have a big discussion. The autism rate is at a level that nobody ever believed possible. If you look at things that are happening, there's something causing it," Trump said. -
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Ursula Von der Leyan's new deal with South America threatens to rip the European Union apart, as tensions mount between Paris, Brussels and Berlin. The European Commission president penned a landmark new trade deal with Mercosur states in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Friday - but the French government is reported to be strongly opposed to the new agreement. The deal, which is 25 years in the making and will encompass over 700 million people, is objected to by France over fears that its domestic poultry and beef markets will be undercut by cheaper South American supply. On the other hand, Germany is reported to be thrilled with the agreement, as Berlin sees it as a means of boosting exports. Siegfried Russwurm, the head of the Federation of German Industry (BDI), lauding the trade deal, saying: "This agreement will provide an urgently-needed growth impulse for the German and European economy." Under the terms of the deal, trade barriers will be reduced between the EU27 and Mercosur members, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and new addition Bolivia. Ms Von der Leyen told a press conference: "We are sending a clear and powerful message: In an increasingly confrontational world, we demonstrate that democracies can rely on each other. This agreement is not just an economic opportunity. It is a political necessity." Despite the agreement being reached by the leaders, EU states still have to ratify it. France is hopeful of convincing fellow sceptical states Poland, Ireland and Austria to block the deal. "France's voice remains strong in Europe," Sophie Primas, a French junior trade minister said. "No, we're not alone in our opposition to Mercosur as it stands. We can achieve a blocking minority." -
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