Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett triggered fierce backlash from MAGA loyalists after forcefully questioning the Trump administration’s top lawyer and voicing skepticism over ending birthright citizenship during a heated Supreme Court argument.

Since taking office, Donald Trump has pushed for an executive order to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional guarantee under the 14th Amendment that grants automatic U.S. citizenship to anyone born on American soil.

During oral arguments, Barrett confronted Solicitor General Dean John Sauer, who was representing the Trump administration, over his dismissive response to Justice Elena Kagan’s concerns. Barrett sharply asked whether Sauer truly believed there was “no way” for plaintiffs to quickly challenge the executive order, suggesting that class-action certification might expedite the process.

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    There are only nine Justices on SCOTUS. That’s who I’ve been talking about. We only need 5 for majority, and have been getting 7. There are two Trump loyalists, Alito and Thomas.

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          You literally said “that’s all we need” like 3 comments ago, you have been and continue to be wrong

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            Dude, how is this topic still confusing to you? There are three co-equal branches of government. SCOTUS is one of them. They can check the power of POTUS. There are 9 Justices on SCOTUS. Three are liberal. We need 2 more to vote reasonably to have a 5/9 majority. We’ve been getting 7/9 votes in favor of civil rights for the last three months.

            Take a civics class instead of debating people to learn how the government works.

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              Idk what part of me pointing out that you’re directly contradicting yourself made you want to post a paragraph from a children’s social studies book, have you perhaps considered logging off entirely