Experts on Native American law say the Elk v. Wilkins ruling has no bearing on whether the children of immigrants without permanent legal status can be denied birthright citizenship.
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    Experts on Native American law say the Elk v. Wilkins ruling has no bearing on whether the children of immigrants without permanent legal status can be denied birthright citizenship.

    Famously, when you write a Supreme Court opinion, it has to pass compiler checks to ensure the soundness of logical and legal reasoning before it can become official.

    I honestly have no idea how the Supreme Court is likely to rule, but the fact that people still report on them as if they are bound by some ancient magic that requires them to make logical decisions is comical. It’s obvious to anyone paying attention that they make a decision according to whatever they (or their benefactors) personally desire and then work backwards from those conclusions using whatever flimsy precedents they can muster as a fig leaf.