Jonathan Diaz

@jonathandiaz.bsky.social

Voting lawyer @campaignlegal.org adjunct faculty @georgetownlaw.bsky.social movie musical enthusiast @ everywhere Cuban bre(a)d, Miami built. he/him/él

On top of everything else, this is just so pathetic. What fragile little egos these people have. It can be kind of hard to convince people that a history museum is cool, but I think a big sign outside saying that President Big Baby is afraid of the information inside might do the trick.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2w ago

BREAKING: Trump just ordered warning signs and exhibits to be installed outside the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History to alert the public that the museum does not, in his view, accurately reflect American history. For the record: It does.

The House is set to vote this week on the so-called “Stop Insider Trading Act” and "Voter ID Act," two bad bills that would undermine our democracy. Congress should reject both of them. Here's what you need to know.🧵

Hi. You’ve heard the President lie about elections before. It’s a travesty, but the sun came up, people voted, winners took seats, etc. He’ll probably lie about elections again. And it’s not likely tomorrow’s the last time. Breathe. It is, and always has been, in voters’ hands.

Apparently keeping the exact same laws which have been in effect since the Founding (barring the Dred Scott period pre-Civil War) is “a tremendous betrayal of the Republic.” It’s hard to imagine how these people call themselves “conservatives” when their demand is so radical.

Tom Joscelyn@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · last mo.

I’ll leave it to readers to determine if they find Kavanaugh’s footnote credible. But will note that far-right leaders like Heritage’s Kevin Roberts very quickly called on Congress to act:

Kevin Roberts of Heritage calls on Congress to end birthright citizenship

About Trump v. Barbara: Do not give the Court and the CJ credit for reading and upholding the Constitution. It's a travesty that this is not a unanimous decision... it's also a travesty that the Court let this question percolate for a year, giving credence to a crank theory of citizenship.

Donald Trump came one vote away from getting the Supreme Court to say that the 14th Amendment does not guarantee birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented and temporary immigrants, a view held only by fringe far-right nativists until VERY recently. This is shocking. I am stunned.

Justice Jackson is absolutely on fire in her birthright concurrence, unloading on the dissent not only for their votes in this case, but its apparent inconsistency with most of the "colorblindness" jurisprudence of the past few terms.

Absolutely breathtaking that only a bare majority of the Court believes that the Constitution means what it explicitly says. This should have been an easy 9-0 decision, and the fact that four Justices would have let Trump rewrite the Constitution by Executive Order is insane.

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · last mo.

The Supreme Court strikes down Trump's attack on birthright citizenship. By a 5–4 vote, it holds that the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to children born of unauthorized and temporary immigrants. Roberts and Barrett join the three liberals. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

We’ve been litigating over Arizona’s burdensome and discriminatory proof-of-citizenship laws for nearly a decade. If SCOTUS wants to destroy the NVRA and prevent millions of Americans without passports or birth certificates from voting—they’ll have to go through us.

Campaign Legal Center@campaignlegal.org · last mo.

BREAKING: We’ll see Arizona at the Supreme Court next term. Arizona is trying to ignore the National Voter Registration Act and silence voters. We've successfully defended voters and the NVRA in this case numerous times, and we will continue to do so at SCOTUS.

a reminder that watergate was legitimately bad. nixon weaponized presidential power to cover up crimes committed by his subordinates, illegally spying on americans and using agencies like the IRS to harass political opponents.