SCOTUS Protects Women’s Sports, Strikes Down Trump’s Citizenship EO
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The U.S. Supreme Court handed down two major decisions Tuesday, delivering a significant victory for states seeking to protect women’s sports while rejecting President Trump’s effort to limit birthright citizenship. Together, the rulings highlight the Court’s continuing influence over some of the nation’s most contentious constitutional and cultural debates.
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From The Christian Post:
In a decision released Tuesday morning in the case of Trump v. Barbara, the high court ruled that a Trump executive order signed on his first day back in the White House last year, limiting birthright citizenship, is unconstitutional.
Chief Justice John Roberts authored the majority opinion, joined by justices Sonia Sotomayor, Amy Coney Barrett, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Roberts cited the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which says that “[a]ll persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
The ruling on birthright citizenship drew sharp disagreement among the justices, with the majority concluding that the Fourteenth Amendment protects automatic citizenship for children born in the United States, while the dissent argued that the amendment has been interpreted too broadly. The decision preserves longstanding precedent and blocks President Trump’s executive order from taking effect.
In a separate opinion released the same day, the Court addressed another high-profile issue involving state authority and the meaning of federal law.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that states have the authority to prohibit males who identify as females from participating in girls’ and women’s sporting competitions, saying such policies do not violate Title IX civil rights antidiscrimination law.
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Justice Brett Kavanaugh authored the majority opinion, being joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and justices Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito.
“The question before the Court is: Under Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, may schools maintain women’s and girls’ sports for biological females?” wrote Kavanaugh.
The Court went on to conclude that Title IX’s reference to sex is grounded in biological reality and that separate athletic teams for males and females remain lawful. The decision upholds laws passed in West Virginia and Idaho and is expected to influence similar statutes enacted in many other states.
Taken together, Tuesday’s rulings illustrate the Supreme Court’s central role in resolving questions about constitutional rights, federal authority, and the meaning of existing law. While conservatives celebrated the women’s sports decision, many also expressed disappointment that the Court declined to adopt the Trump administration’s interpretation of the Citizenship Clause.
These cases are reminders that our nation continues to wrestle with foundational questions about truth, justice, and the proper role of government. Let’s pray for judges who faithfully interpret the Constitution, for lawmakers who pursue policies rooted in truth, and for a nation that recognizes God’s design for humanity and the value of the rule of law.
What do you think of the Supreme Court’s decisions? Share your thoughts and prayers below.
(Excerpts from The Christian Post and The Christian Post. Photo Credit: Anna Sullivan on Unsplash)
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The trans one they hit right. Imagination…really demonic possession…does not alter reality. I can think I’m a cat and that does not make me a cat even if so take meds to grow fur and pointy ears, get cat dna shots and run around chasing mice. Objective reality is “objectively real”
and a good definition of insanity is the inability to differentiate between objective fact and subjective unreality.
It’s bad enough that a person suffer demonic possession, Its much worse when a society panders to that mentality. This all started when a corrupt Supreme Court legalized pervert “marriage”. Once thinking becomes subjective, there are no longer any guardrails and the insanity gets more and more obvious until an entire civilization teeters and crashes. God placed order in the universe. 2 + 2 = 4. Not 5…4. If it were 5 or 6 or whatever anyone wants it to be, Gods order would give way to a chaotic universe, which He will not allow to stand. It’s the same with perversion. Perversion is wrong because the parts don’t fit, not being made fir each other. The idea of “trans sexuality” is worse because it directly challenges the concept of reality itself. That is why things have reached the point where God will allow this disorder to play out and bring destruction. The earth reflects man’s sin nature and neither can be tweaked but must be broken down and rebuilt. Mass destruction is coming and, at Satan’s instigation, the human race did it to themselves. There is no other way.
Righteous Lord God, I bring the justice system of the United States of America before You. May our courts uphold truth and fairness without favoritism or corruption. Strengthen judges, lawyers, and lawmakers with integrity and wisdom. Protect the innocent, deliver justice for the oppressed, and convict the guilty rightly. O Lord, remove systems of injustice and replace them with equity and righteousness. May justice roll like a river across this land, bringing healing and peace. Raise leaders who walk in humility and truth, guided by Your perfect justice. In Jesus’ Name, I believe and pray! Amen.
Amos 5:24
“But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!”
Lord God, let justice flow through the United States of America. Amen.
Probably the dumbest decision since Dred Scott or Roe V. Wade. “Not subject to any other authority” means, amazingly “not subject to any other governing authority”. A tourist having an anchor baby is “subject to any
other governing authority” as is the foreign baby itself. This amendment was specifically written NOT to include anyone “not
subject to any other governing authority”. Cases like this demonstrate that certain SC justices are either politicized, lacking in basic intelligence, corrupt or easily intimidated. This interpretation would be laughed at by any real legal mind and is intended of the nation. It looks more and more like Barrett lacks the
courage for the job.
Correction above: “Looks more and more LIKE ITS GOAL is destruction of the nation. “
If it were a true win for our country, the decision by the Supreme Court would have been unanimous, and the court would have interpreted Birthright Citizenship as originally intended by our Forefathers. This was not a win. Compromise that continues to affect our former Christian status as a nation is not a win.
Definitely not a win. This was a travesty, not because it is a globalist trick to wreck the nation but also it does no even follow the English language. It was intended to guarantee the citizenship of freed slaves and their children, not to let the world in through birth tourism specifically under the authority of their native country, usually a third world hellhole or an overt enemy like China, the motivation of the majority (5) should be thoroughly investigated by the DOJ but of course that won’t happen due to the illusion of separation of powers. According to 5 low IQ or treasonous justices, the constitution is a suicide pact. Harsh I know but true.
Correction…Not JUST because… this phone has too much self “correction”.
It appears that we must continue to pray for Justice Amy Comey Barrett. Her decision to Side with the left on a number of issues has been the deciding factor. She has either compromised her original values, is operating under pressure of being threatened or is going along with the other females on the bench. May she return back to her God-given assignment to be a light and salt on the Supreme Court. May she come to her senses that she will have to answer to the Supreme when all is said and done. May she repent and turn from her wicked way, and God will hear her prayers and continue to heal our land. In Jesus Name.