More wonderful news from the Supreme Court on Tuesday. How do we put lipstick on this PIG? Sorry I’m a bit tired of every disastrous policy, outrageous law, redacted coverup, tax spending, deficit raising idea put into motion gets kicked down the road again and again to be “fixed later”. If you haven’t noticed nothing ever gets fixed later!
Who could ever think the writers of the 14th amendment, written just after the civil war in 1866 and ratified in 1868, would agree with the notion of birth tourist, many from enemy countries like China, coming to America, having children, getting citizenship for their child and then going back home. 320,000 births a year, or 9% of total births here are from foreigners. With Roberts and Barrett’s decision, this number could increase twofold. Later, for now, when the child comes back to the states the parents are able to get a type of green card status as the child’s guardian, or otherwise known as chain migration, enemy or not. So if we are to believe the founders intention of the 14th amendment was to let pregnant woman, citizens of foreign countries, into America so their newborn could be a citizen of America, are we to believe the civil war was not fought mainly over states rights and freeing the slaves, but the right for foreigners to come here, have children in our country that then become citizens? That is an asinine and a country destroying abrogation of the original intent of the law, and an abrogation of these justices job, which is to interpret the intent of the constitution. As Steven Miller said “Citizenship means nothing if it is open to anyone”. I don’t care what anyone says this is an outrageous abandonment of the authors intent, and to add gasoline on the fire, from what I understand, the Supreme Court also threw in that congress cannot add restrictions to their ruling, it can only be done by amendment. Good luck with that.
So I ask, when we have a whole political party that wants anyone and everyone to illegally come into America, possibly a billion people, and a Supreme Court that devalues tax paying law abiding citizens, devaluing people that may want to serve in the military, could there motive be their desire to eliminate pride in being an American?, because that’s what they’re doing. Does this world consist of 8 billion potential undocumented aliens? Or working my ass off, paying my taxes for, for what? So people from all over the world can walk across our border and receive more, better benefits than my family and I are allowed to receive? With a Supreme Court that acquiesces to the lefts destructive ideas they have created socialism on steroids. Why bother packing the court when there are already 5 crazy leftist liberal justices already drooling over destructing America, maybe that’s their motive. I’m trying to understand the benefit to the American citizen that has worked their whole life, paid tens of thousands possibly millions in taxes, served or had family serve putting their lives on the line, some being killed, some being disabled, all to protect our freedoms, and anyone can just come into this country, maybe have a kid, and get more benefits than the pawns, like myself. I say abolish the Supreme Court or at least recall these 5 compromised traitor scumbag lawyers on it that have intent or at least ignorance of the consequence of their decision that will destroy America from within their chambers. .
Here’s something sarcastically amusing to think about. When you get say a speeding ticket and your lawyer (not probably unlike your accountant) says you’re looking at 40 years to life in prison. Then the judge makes his ruling and you have to pay the 200 dollar fine, your lawyer says “see you were looking at life in prison but “I” got it reduced so you only have to pay 200 dollars”! (And 2000 in legal fees), “I” gave you a great win”!!
SCOTUS gave a road map to congress on how to fix the birthright issue. It was sent to the correct forum, congress, to fix it. SCOTUS did their job which is not to legislate. The problem is not with SCOTUS, but as usual congress. Talk to them.
I do agree to a point, and maybe Trumps EO should have been pointed at the intent of the 14th amendment, but to me scotus should have ruled on the intent of the law as is bottom line their job.
It is not up to SCOTUS to legislate from the bench. They did their job. If the senate doesn't do theirs, that is not the fault of SCOTUS nor their responsibility to bear.
That's your opinion. And like most partisans, your feelings seem to be driving how you post. What expertise do you have to make such a determination? Smarter than a supreme Court justice are you?
There is grey area here that you appear not desiring to acknowledge. The grey area of what is more important in Supreme Court adjudication:
1)not legislating from the bench or
2) interpreting and adjudicating around the SPIRIT of the law.
If they had leaned into the latter. . . it seems obvious Barrett and Roberts could have been influenced to agree with the minority and turned the opinion.
The amendment was based on current law of the time. That is where it was created and where intent was taken from. They did their job and told the congress to complete theirs unless what it states is the final answer to congress.
Intent of the law is everything. The intent of the 14th amendment was for children born from slaves to be American citizens. Trumps Executive order was just doubling down on the intent of the law. If Trump made an executive order that citizens have the right to free speech would the Supreme Court be able to strike it down? Or would they tell congress how to make it permanent? Your argument skirts the idea that the 14th amendment had a purpose and an original intent and that intent had nothing to do with a foreigner having a child in America automatically becomes an American citizen. This would go to all of our rights. EO for the freedom of religion the right to assemble, to keep and bear arms etc… The Supreme Court do legislate from the bench they do it all the time, sometimes by taking cases like this one and sometimes by not taking the case,
#1 meaning if the law was slave would have citizen children Step #2 Historical context investigating the laws background and the time of its creation, speaks for itself #3 Precedent, the idea of allowing foreigners in to have babies that then become citizens is a relatively recent history act. The democrats never would have gotten away with this 60-70 years ago. #4 Consequences of not going by the original intent if the law is devastating to this country! #5 Natural law says only 2 countries in the world do this America and Canada, natural law speaks for itself. I honestly think the Supreme court is out of their mind with this ruling. Trump made an executive order saying illegals can’t vote in federal elections, blue states were up in arms about this but it’s the law already. Should Roberts Barrett and the other 3 communists strike that down? Obviously illegals do vote in elections. And you didn’t answer my question about free speech. If the justice department arrested people for say demonstrating and the case of the right to assemble came up could the Supreme Court strike down that right or not take the case? Don’t forget about January 6th!
As James points out, it was unquestionable the sole purpose of that amendment was to promote former black slaves from property to personhood status. It was the original decision of SOTUS, whose alleged function is to correctly determine intent of legislation who blew it. This court merely rinsed and repeated.
“unquestionable the sole purpose of that amendment”
If that is what it meant, why didn’t it say so? Then wording was based on the times. How far can SCOTUS go in interpreting intent before they supplant the congress’ intent" and people complain about that?
Be that as it may be. Then they should have included it in the law. The first consideration of any law by a court, is can it be understood by the plain language of the law. If not, then things like discussions and debate are looked at.
Hi Dan, I’m not up to snuff the way I should be, so your comment kind of surprised me! Could you respond to this comment and tell me about the roadmap which Scotus sent to Congress explaining how to fix the birthright citizenship question or dilemma. I completely agree with you that Johnson and the other.” mishaps.” in Congress are a real problem, I’m just not aware of any roadmap from Scotus about fixing birthright citizenship. Please RSVP.
As was laid out by Jeff Childs in his Weds. Substack:
"🔥 But this also reveals the silver thread in the septic tank. The Constitution gives one particular branch of the Federal government the authority to define jurisdictional limits in nearly every situation. Guess which branch? Congress.
As a general constitutional matter, Congress holds the primary power to define the scope of U.S. jurisdiction in nearly every domain. Article I gives Congress power to “establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization”— the citizenship-adjacent power. Congress defines which courts have jurisdiction over what issues. Congress defines who is subject to the draft, who must file taxes, and who is subject to U.S. criminal law abroad.
The executive enforces jurisdiction; the judiciary interprets it; but Congress draws the lines."
It’s not hopeless. Until a group of nine assembles and gets their collective heads out of their 🤬, legislation AND a serious border program can minimize the damage. Denying entry to (obviously ) pregnant women (pregnant men, too, for the couple democrats in this forum), restrict visas to 3-6 months and prejudicially enforce , finish the wall AND enforce.
But also take note of the Indian Citizenship Act (1924) that conferred (dual) citizenship on Americas natives belonging to tribes. Legislation altered/modified (an amendment to ) the Constitution, you’d think it could be done again - which was one of the points Kavanaugh made.
Dual citizenship should be outlawed. Anyone who has dual citizenship should either choose the USA and renounce their other citizenship in the other country OR select their other country and have their American citizenship revoked.
All of my back and forth with Dan Brant have disappeared. I see other comments but mine have been wiped from Substack, funny. Sub stack also won’t let me use the email side of things, as though I’m not subscribed to Malone News although I am. I can’t log in through my email funny how they shadow ban me constantly!!
I don’t think anyone needs dual citizenship. Regarding the relationship between any two countries, things can change whenever there is a change in leadership, so treating all cases of dual citizenship consistently would make more sense.
In a bombshell revelation that’s sending shockwaves through conservative circles, it turns out Chief Justice John Roberts has been rubbing elbows with none other than Norm Eisen—the radical leftist operative who’s spent years orchestrating lawfare campaigns against President Donald Trump and his allies.
According to a report from Revolver News, Roberts didn’t just bump into Eisen at a D.C. cocktail party. No, these two are apparently such “good pals” that Roberts jetted off to the Czech Republic for a week-long sleepover at Eisen’s lavish 150-room palace.
It’s straight from the mouth of Norm Eisen himself—the very same man who practically wrote the Deep State’s instruction manual on how to destabilize political opponents via color revolutions, lawfare, and weaponized legal warfare against President Trump.
Evidence Emerges That Norm Eisen, Chief Justice John Roberts, And The Soros Mafia Have Been Coordinating Lawfare Attacks On Trump & The American People.
If my memory serves me adequately - Roberts was nominated by (globalist) Bush, further implying his takes on matters generally and this matter in particular.
Chief Justice John Roberts Caught in Elitist Club of Judges and Lawyers That Includes James Boasberg, Beryl Howell, Amit Mehta and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Investigative journalist Bad Kitty Unleashed reported on Thursday that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is involved in an invite-only club for elite judges in Washington, DC.
The elitist club America Inns of Court also includes the radical America-hating judges James Boasberg, Beryl Howell, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Amit Mehta—all hard-left judges and Trump-haters.
John Roberts has been Chief Justice of the Supreme Court since September 2005.
Is the Supreme Court Chief Justice holding meetings with far-left district judges who are running a judicial coup on the current President of the United States!?
Just think, two days ago, on Tuesday, Chief Justice Roberts released a statement attacking President Donald Trump for calling on these same crooked District judges to be impeached!
And now we have evidence that John Roberts was in an elitist group with these same judges!
Here is what Roberts said to the US President, who is under siege by the judicial branch.
So who all is linked to this selective and secretive club? And recall all of their negative Trump rulings?
– Judge James Boasberg (President)
– Scotus Ketanji Brown Jackson (Vice President)
– Judge Amit Mehta (Secretary and a meeting held at her court.)
– Judge Beryl Howell
Justice (Professionalism Award)
-Justice John Roberts (Honorary Bencher of the Middle Temple)
The list includes some of the most soulless and vicious judges in DC District Court.
George Soros has funded a fellowship at Middle Temple where John Roberts is a master of the bench.
First let me very quickly explain how this secret society called, the American Inns of Court came about. In the UK, they have the four Inns of Court that dates back hundreds of years. One of those is called Middle Temple (see Roberts photo). Well, the US created the American version of this in recent decades. There’s a massive list of branches.
The branch many of our judges belong to is The Edward Bennett Williams (EBW) Inn of Court. It’s so secretive, they deleted most signs of this branch from their website although they still met.
Roberts has been a disaster since Day One. It's all the more disheartening since he was supposedly a conservative. Sadly, he became Chief Justice instead of Associate, as he was originally nominated for. God help us if Thomas retires.
Update: Supreme Court Justice Roberts is/was being blackmailed.
Supreme Court Justice Roberts was on Epstein’s island and was hand picked as Chief Justice because he could be blackmailed for “improper things” he allegedly did to his adopted children. Now you know how Obamacare went through and how he voted.
This is why Chief Justice Roberts has consistently rendered SCOTUS decisions that appear to be traitorous to the United States of America. He is being controlled and blackmailed, it is alleged.
There is a global pedophilia crime syndicate that’s run by high-level globalists, Democrats and malicious actors in order to control the world. This is what Jeffrey Epstein was all about, of course, but it involves 10 intelligence agencies, according to Lin Wood’s.
“ The SCOTUS justice on the tapes – it is being rumored in the federal court community – has sat down with the FBI to roll on a previous president and wife in an effort to keep his position..."
innuendos at best. The only link that works mentions someone called "John Roberts", which can't be an uncommon name. The other two links (unsurprisingly?) don't work anymore. So at best all we have is rumors and we know the rumor mill does nasty things to people, whether they're guilty or not.
While the name "John Roberts" does occasionally appear in unredacted Epstein flight logs, various fact-checking organizations—such as PolitiFact and Newsweek—have found zero evidence to suggest it refers to the Supreme Court Chief Justice. Yet, they will not say who this other John Roberts might be.
"The Fox News Anchor: The appearance of the name "John Roberts" in recent Department of Justice (DOJ) releases stems from official transcripts and investigative notes. In 2025, Fox News anchor John Roberts questioned Attorney General Pam Bondi about the declassification of Epstein's case files. Because those media interviews and government correspondence became part of the public records, his name is indexed in the massive multi-million-page Epstein Files."
According to a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee oversight letter, the name of Fox News anchor John Roberts appears on pages 1 and 2 of the document regarding a broadcast transcript. While his name appears in broader federal document dumps due to transcribed media coverage, these instances reflect public broadcast transcripts rather than direct involvement in the case. Read the full document at U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
China did this in Canada, probably still doing it, where they rent 2-3 bedroom apartments and bring over 8-10 pregnant women for each place. They stay there until baby is born, collect family allowance payments for a couple months, return home with said baby who now is a CANADIAN! These little pieces of crap return to Canada years later , infiltrate everything and that is why we have a chinese problem here in Canada.. I worked for the government in family allowances in the 70's and my husband was an immigration officer in the 80's and did investigations into these apartments, so I know it's true. Canada is absolutely screwed under the lieberals.
This is why we must be VERY careful when saying "let's amend the Constitution." Many in this country want a Constitutional Convention to "fix things." Short sighted. Now that we have more hindsight to consider than those who wrote the 14th, we must not mess with our constitution. We should have stopped with the Bill of Rights!
And, sadly, we cannot rely on Congress to make ANYTHING right. They don't and won't.
correct. The elitists would LOVE a chance to rewrite the Constitution; it would give them the perfect opportunity to rescind many of those pesky "rights" and "checks and balances" that our intelligent and wise founders, having just risked life and limb, purposefully established. The Constitution doesn’t need to be rewritten; it needs to be re-read. This includes the 6 elitists judges who think nothing of out country's citizenship rules.
I will say the ruling by SCOTUS, is a huge slap in the face to all American citizens, to those who fought for our freedom, & to allow birthright babies to be considered an “American citizen”! Disturbing ruling to say the least! We shall see if Congress will step up to the plate & legislate correctly to change or amend the 14th amendment???
For an even starker look at what the CCP is doing to the USA, read the book, "The Red Tsunami", by T. Casey Fleming. It's enough to make your blood boil.
Disgusting interpretation of the 14th Amendment by the Supreme Court. Numbers USA sends me something daily to sign regarding H.R. 2 to Save America. I forward it to my representatives. I also write the representatives personally to give them information. Senator Mike Lee, Utah has an A+ voting rating...and he backs Save America.
Here is another take on this James written by Ken Blackwell.
BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP:
BREAKING: Justice Brett Kavanaugh just handed Congress a clear legal path to end automatic birthright citizenship for the children of illegal aliens. No constitutional amendment required.
Here is what happened. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship in a case called Trump v. Barbara. Kavanaugh voted against the administration and agreed the order could not stand. But his separate opinion may prove more valuable to this cause than a courtroom win would have been.
Kavanaugh wrote that the order did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment at all. In his view, the order failed for one reason only. It conflicted with a federal statute, Section 1401 of the immigration code, that Congress passed and Congress can change.
Then he spelled out the path. Kavanaugh wrote that Congress could amend that statute or pass new legislation. Lawmakers could create exceptions to automatic citizenship for children born to parents who are in this country unlawfully or only temporarily.
A sitting justice of the Supreme Court put the roadmap in a published opinion for the whole world to read.
Understand why the statute matters here. Congress wrote the Fourteenth Amendment’s citizenship language into federal law in 1940 and carried it into the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952. The rule politicians call untouchable has been sitting in an ordinary statute for more than eighty years. Ordinary statutes can be rewritten by ordinary majorities.
For thirty years, the political class fed Americans a different story. They claimed birthright citizenship was locked into the Constitution and nothing short of an amendment could touch it. Amendments require two thirds of Congress and three quarters of the states, so the excuse worked. Politicians could wring their hands, mail their fundraising letters, and never cast a hard vote.
Kavanaugh demolished that excuse. He even pointed out that Congress has considered bills to change birthright citizenship for three decades and passed none of them. The barrier was never the Constitution. Congress chose the excuse over the work, year after year, while the abuse got worse.
And the abuse is real. Foreign nationals fly here on tourist visas for the sole purpose of giving birth. They collect an American passport for the child and fly home with a golden ticket. An entire birth tourism industry advertises this scheme openly, and smugglers sell illegal border crossings with citizenship for a future child as part of the pitch. Almost no other developed nation on earth hands out citizenship this way.
The Fourteenth Amendment served a specific purpose. Congress wrote it in 1868 to overturn Dred Scott and guarantee that no American could be denied citizenship because of his race. That purpose stands, and closing a modern loophole does nothing to disturb it.
The men who wrote the amendment never imagined visa overstays, birth tourism packages, or an open border used as a citizenship machine. Kavanaugh made this exact point. He argued that large scale illegal immigration and modern travel created conditions the Reconstruction Congress never envisioned, and that new exceptions can fit alongside the historical ones for diplomats and occupying enemy forces.
Now look at the math on the Court, because the press buried it. The headlines called this a 6 to 3 ruling. On the constitutional question, it was really 5 to 4. Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissented outright, and Kavanaugh joined them in rejecting the majority’s constitutional reasoning even though he voted to strike the order on statutory grounds.
That means four sitting justices have now signaled that automatic citizenship for the children of illegal aliens is a policy choice, and policy choices belong to Congress. When Congress passes a statute and that statute reaches the Court, the ground has already shifted. This is the strongest legal position the reform side has held in a century.
Washington got the message within hours. President Trump declared that “No long and unwieldy Constitutional Amendment is necessary!” and called on Congress to get to work. Senator Tom Cotton already has a bill, and Senators Cornyn and Scott have proposals targeting birth tourism. The Justice Department announced a crackdown on birth tourism visa fraud the same week.
Some Republicans, including Speaker Johnson and Senators Paul and Lee, still want a constitutional amendment. An amendment takes years while a statute takes months, and the Court’s own deciding vote just said a statute can do the job. Pass the bill now and let those who want an amendment pursue one on a parallel track.
So here is my message to every member of the House and Senate. The excuse is gone. Stop hiding behind a constitutional barrier that a Supreme Court justice just told you does not exist. Draft the bill, amend Section 1401 with clear exceptions, hold the hearings, and put every member on record before the American people.
Some members will vote no, and the voters deserve to see exactly who they are. Every politician who spent decades promising to fix this now has to show us whether the promise was real. There is nowhere left to hide.
American citizenship is the most valuable thing this nation confers. It should never be handed out automatically to reward lawbreaking or sold through birth tourism packages. The people’s elected representatives should set the rules, and the people should hold them accountable.
Justice Kavanaugh ruled against the White House on Tuesday and still handed Congress the pen. Our job as citizens is to make sure they pick it up.
I agree with Dan Brandt. Now it is up to those critters in Congress to fix this, once and for all. Sadly, Republicans never blow an opportunity to blow an opportunity.
OK, I’ll admit, it WAS worth the wait - God Bless America.
Couple thoughts: every time I see that 💩 eating smile on the face of the Islamist commie Mamdani, cosplaying as HisHonor, the mayor of NYC, my blood boils and I see red. Barely a generation ago, IN NYC, Islamists attacked America, killing thousands of Americans and altering the skyline of what some call the world’s greatest city. For 47 years we’ve been at war against Islamists - which, for me, began with the Beirut bombings in 1983. How many decades have we been in conflict with/against the forces and ideology of socialism/communism/marxism?
And now our largest city is being "run" by an inexperienced child that embodies all of these -isms.
God Bless America is no longer a statement but a prayer, a plea for help.
Thought #2: being called a pedophile⁉️ did "racist " lose its cachet, is it no longer applicable? Ya’know, it wasn’t that long ago when NAMBLA was marching in the streets (of NYC?) for their right to groom and sexually molest children. Even today, it’s democrats who inject "drag queens" into our schools/libraries/public places - all the while calling normies "pedophiles." Well, nothing surprises me anymore: if American blacks can join and defend the Democrat party, if Jews can vote for Mamdani, … {sigh}
Might explain why I’m having visions of Sodom, Gomorrah and the other cities on that levant plain; and a pillar of salt.
Favorite July kicking out June. We just attended Brandon Vt July 4 on July 3 Parade. Fire trucks from local surrounding towns, Rs and Ds political folks, many worthwhile groups, bands and the ghostbusters crew! Gives confidence that many of the thousands of small communities in the USA are still alive and well. Meanwhile we are on top of a Vt Mt on our property which was once given to the Green Mt militia solders who fought in the Revolution. So great to remain part of our inspiring formation!
Thank you for the Lee Greenwood - God Bless The U.S.A. video and other inspiring memes. This video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KoXt9pZLGM) will be appearing regularly on our Substack. It's a gem.
I totally agree Big E - The Lee Greenwood - God Bless The U.S.A. is beautifully done in this video. He tells a wonderful story of doing the song for the Reagan Library , with I believe
5 living Presidents and their wives, and one Presidents widow....and I'm so sorry I don't remember the names...sigh! Stand UP, INDEED!
The one that resonated the most with me....Modern medicine has reached the pinnacle of success - almost everyone is sick! Its true almost every American is taking one drug or more. The Medical Industry has raked in trillions for products, which are harming health with their destruction of the internal organs...and people want more medicine and medical treatments. .
If the fluoridated (toxic) drinking water and massive pesticide residues aren't enough, then how about some RFR to get the holdouts into the medical centers so they can be diagnosed, billed, and put on a long-term prescription plan?
We tolerated it when the radical left started changing the definition of words.
Now we have the Supreme Court redefining the meaning of the 14th amendment.
“Woman” was a word that was understood in all cultures for thousands of years. When we tolerated the radical left’s redefinition-to the point of appointing a Supreme Court justice who agreed with them - we got more of it.
Make your own list of all the words they have redefined.
Even the dissent in Anchor Babies Away didn’t refer to the 14th A in the context of the other two Reconstruction Amendments 13 and 15 which were also only about freed slaves.
And God Bless the Malones for all they have done and do . . . they are the quintessential example of what is great about the USA (from an Aussie legal resident).
More wonderful news from the Supreme Court on Tuesday. How do we put lipstick on this PIG? Sorry I’m a bit tired of every disastrous policy, outrageous law, redacted coverup, tax spending, deficit raising idea put into motion gets kicked down the road again and again to be “fixed later”. If you haven’t noticed nothing ever gets fixed later!
Who could ever think the writers of the 14th amendment, written just after the civil war in 1866 and ratified in 1868, would agree with the notion of birth tourist, many from enemy countries like China, coming to America, having children, getting citizenship for their child and then going back home. 320,000 births a year, or 9% of total births here are from foreigners. With Roberts and Barrett’s decision, this number could increase twofold. Later, for now, when the child comes back to the states the parents are able to get a type of green card status as the child’s guardian, or otherwise known as chain migration, enemy or not. So if we are to believe the founders intention of the 14th amendment was to let pregnant woman, citizens of foreign countries, into America so their newborn could be a citizen of America, are we to believe the civil war was not fought mainly over states rights and freeing the slaves, but the right for foreigners to come here, have children in our country that then become citizens? That is an asinine and a country destroying abrogation of the original intent of the law, and an abrogation of these justices job, which is to interpret the intent of the constitution. As Steven Miller said “Citizenship means nothing if it is open to anyone”. I don’t care what anyone says this is an outrageous abandonment of the authors intent, and to add gasoline on the fire, from what I understand, the Supreme Court also threw in that congress cannot add restrictions to their ruling, it can only be done by amendment. Good luck with that.
So I ask, when we have a whole political party that wants anyone and everyone to illegally come into America, possibly a billion people, and a Supreme Court that devalues tax paying law abiding citizens, devaluing people that may want to serve in the military, could there motive be their desire to eliminate pride in being an American?, because that’s what they’re doing. Does this world consist of 8 billion potential undocumented aliens? Or working my ass off, paying my taxes for, for what? So people from all over the world can walk across our border and receive more, better benefits than my family and I are allowed to receive? With a Supreme Court that acquiesces to the lefts destructive ideas they have created socialism on steroids. Why bother packing the court when there are already 5 crazy leftist liberal justices already drooling over destructing America, maybe that’s their motive. I’m trying to understand the benefit to the American citizen that has worked their whole life, paid tens of thousands possibly millions in taxes, served or had family serve putting their lives on the line, some being killed, some being disabled, all to protect our freedoms, and anyone can just come into this country, maybe have a kid, and get more benefits than the pawns, like myself. I say abolish the Supreme Court or at least recall these 5 compromised traitor scumbag lawyers on it that have intent or at least ignorance of the consequence of their decision that will destroy America from within their chambers. .
Here’s something sarcastically amusing to think about. When you get say a speeding ticket and your lawyer (not probably unlike your accountant) says you’re looking at 40 years to life in prison. Then the judge makes his ruling and you have to pay the 200 dollar fine, your lawyer says “see you were looking at life in prison but “I” got it reduced so you only have to pay 200 dollars”! (And 2000 in legal fees), “I” gave you a great win”!!
Happy Friday and Happy Independence Day 😒.
J.Goodrich
SCOTUS gave a road map to congress on how to fix the birthright issue. It was sent to the correct forum, congress, to fix it. SCOTUS did their job which is not to legislate. The problem is not with SCOTUS, but as usual congress. Talk to them.
I do agree to a point, and maybe Trumps EO should have been pointed at the intent of the 14th amendment, but to me scotus should have ruled on the intent of the law as is bottom line their job.
But we all know this Roberts led court knows a bill outlawing anchor babies,will never get through the Senate. So that advice a bit gratuitious.
It is not up to SCOTUS to legislate from the bench. They did their job. If the senate doesn't do theirs, that is not the fault of SCOTUS nor their responsibility to bear.
SCOTUS applied their own "interpretation" of the amendment instead of following the law as written.
That's your opinion. And like most partisans, your feelings seem to be driving how you post. What expertise do you have to make such a determination? Smarter than a supreme Court justice are you?
There is grey area here that you appear not desiring to acknowledge. The grey area of what is more important in Supreme Court adjudication:
1)not legislating from the bench or
2) interpreting and adjudicating around the SPIRIT of the law.
If they had leaned into the latter. . . it seems obvious Barrett and Roberts could have been influenced to agree with the minority and turned the opinion.
I am not a lawyer, just saying. . .
yeah, good point Michael. HE knew exactly what he was doing.
The amendment was based on current law of the time. That is where it was created and where intent was taken from. They did their job and told the congress to complete theirs unless what it states is the final answer to congress.
Intent of the law is everything. The intent of the 14th amendment was for children born from slaves to be American citizens. Trumps Executive order was just doubling down on the intent of the law. If Trump made an executive order that citizens have the right to free speech would the Supreme Court be able to strike it down? Or would they tell congress how to make it permanent? Your argument skirts the idea that the 14th amendment had a purpose and an original intent and that intent had nothing to do with a foreigner having a child in America automatically becomes an American citizen. This would go to all of our rights. EO for the freedom of religion the right to assemble, to keep and bear arms etc… The Supreme Court do legislate from the bench they do it all the time, sometimes by taking cases like this one and sometimes by not taking the case,
Summary of Interpretation Steps
Step Description
Textual Analysis Examining the language and meaning of the law.
Historical Context Investigating the law's background and the time of its creation.
Precedent Reviewing past court decisions for guidance.
Consequences of Interpretation Evaluating the potential impacts of different interpretations.
Natural Law and Morality Considering moral principles in the interpretation process.
These methods ensure that judges interpret laws in a way that is consistent, fair, and reflective of both the text and the society it governs.
Virginia law review and https://courtslaw.jotwell.com/interpreting-the-federal-rules-of-civil-procedure/
The majority of justices fell down on the job.
#1 meaning if the law was slave would have citizen children Step #2 Historical context investigating the laws background and the time of its creation, speaks for itself #3 Precedent, the idea of allowing foreigners in to have babies that then become citizens is a relatively recent history act. The democrats never would have gotten away with this 60-70 years ago. #4 Consequences of not going by the original intent if the law is devastating to this country! #5 Natural law says only 2 countries in the world do this America and Canada, natural law speaks for itself. I honestly think the Supreme court is out of their mind with this ruling. Trump made an executive order saying illegals can’t vote in federal elections, blue states were up in arms about this but it’s the law already. Should Roberts Barrett and the other 3 communists strike that down? Obviously illegals do vote in elections. And you didn’t answer my question about free speech. If the justice department arrested people for say demonstrating and the case of the right to assemble came up could the Supreme Court strike down that right or not take the case? Don’t forget about January 6th!
As James points out, it was unquestionable the sole purpose of that amendment was to promote former black slaves from property to personhood status. It was the original decision of SOTUS, whose alleged function is to correctly determine intent of legislation who blew it. This court merely rinsed and repeated.
“unquestionable the sole purpose of that amendment”
If that is what it meant, why didn’t it say so? Then wording was based on the times. How far can SCOTUS go in interpreting intent before they supplant the congress’ intent" and people complain about that?
There were many discussions at that time about where people who reside in other countries are not included in receiving citizenship.
Be that as it may be. Then they should have included it in the law. The first consideration of any law by a court, is can it be understood by the plain language of the law. If not, then things like discussions and debate are looked at.
Hi Dan, I’m not up to snuff the way I should be, so your comment kind of surprised me! Could you respond to this comment and tell me about the roadmap which Scotus sent to Congress explaining how to fix the birthright citizenship question or dilemma. I completely agree with you that Johnson and the other.” mishaps.” in Congress are a real problem, I’m just not aware of any roadmap from Scotus about fixing birthright citizenship. Please RSVP.
As was laid out by Jeff Childs in his Weds. Substack:
"🔥 But this also reveals the silver thread in the septic tank. The Constitution gives one particular branch of the Federal government the authority to define jurisdictional limits in nearly every situation. Guess which branch? Congress.
As a general constitutional matter, Congress holds the primary power to define the scope of U.S. jurisdiction in nearly every domain. Article I gives Congress power to “establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization”— the citizenship-adjacent power. Congress defines which courts have jurisdiction over what issues. Congress defines who is subject to the draft, who must file taxes, and who is subject to U.S. criminal law abroad.
The executive enforces jurisdiction; the judiciary interprets it; but Congress draws the lines."
It’s not hopeless. Until a group of nine assembles and gets their collective heads out of their 🤬, legislation AND a serious border program can minimize the damage. Denying entry to (obviously ) pregnant women (pregnant men, too, for the couple democrats in this forum), restrict visas to 3-6 months and prejudicially enforce , finish the wall AND enforce.
But also take note of the Indian Citizenship Act (1924) that conferred (dual) citizenship on Americas natives belonging to tribes. Legislation altered/modified (an amendment to ) the Constitution, you’d think it could be done again - which was one of the points Kavanaugh made.
Dual citizenship should be outlawed. Anyone who has dual citizenship should either choose the USA and renounce their other citizenship in the other country OR select their other country and have their American citizenship revoked.
All of my back and forth with Dan Brant have disappeared. I see other comments but mine have been wiped from Substack, funny. Sub stack also won’t let me use the email side of things, as though I’m not subscribed to Malone News although I am. I can’t log in through my email funny how they shadow ban me constantly!!
My replies also disappeared!
Would the relationship between the two nations matter? China-USA vs Taiwan-USA. Just a question.
I’ve no problem with doing away with dual citizenship: I’m 80-20, 90-10 🤷♀️ on the issue.
I don’t think anyone needs dual citizenship. Regarding the relationship between any two countries, things can change whenever there is a change in leadership, so treating all cases of dual citizenship consistently would make more sense.
Yeah, pretty much how I was answering that in my head - just another instance of me arguing with myself (you ought’a see us play checkers 🙄)
Chief Justice Roberts’ Secret Friendship with Trump Prosecutor Ally Norm Eisen Exposed...
In a bombshell revelation that’s sending shockwaves through conservative circles, it turns out Chief Justice John Roberts has been rubbing elbows with none other than Norm Eisen—the radical leftist operative who’s spent years orchestrating lawfare campaigns against President Donald Trump and his allies.
According to a report from Revolver News, Roberts didn’t just bump into Eisen at a D.C. cocktail party. No, these two are apparently such “good pals” that Roberts jetted off to the Czech Republic for a week-long sleepover at Eisen’s lavish 150-room palace.
It’s straight from the mouth of Norm Eisen himself—the very same man who practically wrote the Deep State’s instruction manual on how to destabilize political opponents via color revolutions, lawfare, and weaponized legal warfare against President Trump.
https://revolver.news/2025/04/resign-justice-roberts-secret-friendship-with-norm-eisen-has-been-revealed/
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Evidence Emerges That Norm Eisen, Chief Justice John Roberts, And The Soros Mafia Have Been Coordinating Lawfare Attacks On Trump & The American People.
https://banned.video/watch?id=67f04cef65d8da209dd78be0
If my memory serves me adequately - Roberts was nominated by (globalist) Bush, further implying his takes on matters generally and this matter in particular.
Chief Justice John Roberts Caught in Elitist Club of Judges and Lawyers That Includes James Boasberg, Beryl Howell, Amit Mehta and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Investigative journalist Bad Kitty Unleashed reported on Thursday that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is involved in an invite-only club for elite judges in Washington, DC.
The elitist club America Inns of Court also includes the radical America-hating judges James Boasberg, Beryl Howell, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Amit Mehta—all hard-left judges and Trump-haters.
John Roberts has been Chief Justice of the Supreme Court since September 2005.
Is the Supreme Court Chief Justice holding meetings with far-left district judges who are running a judicial coup on the current President of the United States!?
Just think, two days ago, on Tuesday, Chief Justice Roberts released a statement attacking President Donald Trump for calling on these same crooked District judges to be impeached!
And now we have evidence that John Roberts was in an elitist group with these same judges!
Here is what Roberts said to the US President, who is under siege by the judicial branch.
So who all is linked to this selective and secretive club? And recall all of their negative Trump rulings?
– Judge James Boasberg (President)
– Scotus Ketanji Brown Jackson (Vice President)
– Judge Amit Mehta (Secretary and a meeting held at her court.)
– Judge Beryl Howell
Justice (Professionalism Award)
-Justice John Roberts (Honorary Bencher of the Middle Temple)
The list includes some of the most soulless and vicious judges in DC District Court.
George Soros has funded a fellowship at Middle Temple where John Roberts is a master of the bench.
First let me very quickly explain how this secret society called, the American Inns of Court came about. In the UK, they have the four Inns of Court that dates back hundreds of years. One of those is called Middle Temple (see Roberts photo). Well, the US created the American version of this in recent decades. There’s a massive list of branches.
The branch many of our judges belong to is The Edward Bennett Williams (EBW) Inn of Court. It’s so secretive, they deleted most signs of this branch from their website although they still met.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/revealed-chief-justice-john-roberts-caught-secretive-invite/
Roberts has been a disaster since Day One. It's all the more disheartening since he was supposedly a conservative. Sadly, he became Chief Justice instead of Associate, as he was originally nominated for. God help us if Thomas retires.
Update: Supreme Court Justice Roberts is/was being blackmailed.
Supreme Court Justice Roberts was on Epstein’s island and was hand picked as Chief Justice because he could be blackmailed for “improper things” he allegedly did to his adopted children. Now you know how Obamacare went through and how he voted.
https://cloverchronicle.com/2020/07/07/whistleblower-new-epstein-tapes-show-top-supreme-court-justice-being-blackmailed/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7350469/Bill-Gates-flew-Jeffrey-Epstein-Loliota-Express-2013-years-pedophile-prison-stay.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCy-IjoehRM&feature=youtu.be
This is why Chief Justice Roberts has consistently rendered SCOTUS decisions that appear to be traitorous to the United States of America. He is being controlled and blackmailed, it is alleged.
There is a global pedophilia crime syndicate that’s run by high-level globalists, Democrats and malicious actors in order to control the world. This is what Jeffrey Epstein was all about, of course, but it involves 10 intelligence agencies, according to Lin Wood’s.
“ The SCOTUS justice on the tapes – it is being rumored in the federal court community – has sat down with the FBI to roll on a previous president and wife in an effort to keep his position..."
innuendos at best. The only link that works mentions someone called "John Roberts", which can't be an uncommon name. The other two links (unsurprisingly?) don't work anymore. So at best all we have is rumors and we know the rumor mill does nasty things to people, whether they're guilty or not.
You maybe right, time will tell maybe.
While the name "John Roberts" does occasionally appear in unredacted Epstein flight logs, various fact-checking organizations—such as PolitiFact and Newsweek—have found zero evidence to suggest it refers to the Supreme Court Chief Justice. Yet, they will not say who this other John Roberts might be.
"The Fox News Anchor: The appearance of the name "John Roberts" in recent Department of Justice (DOJ) releases stems from official transcripts and investigative notes. In 2025, Fox News anchor John Roberts questioned Attorney General Pam Bondi about the declassification of Epstein's case files. Because those media interviews and government correspondence became part of the public records, his name is indexed in the massive multi-million-page Epstein Files."
https://embed.documentcloud.org/documents/6250471-Epstein-Docs/
According to a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee oversight letter, the name of Fox News anchor John Roberts appears on pages 1 and 2 of the document regarding a broadcast transcript. While his name appears in broader federal document dumps due to transcribed media coverage, these instances reflect public broadcast transcripts rather than direct involvement in the case. Read the full document at U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2025-07-18%20RJD%20Letter%20to%20AG%20Bondi%20re%20Epstein.pdf
China did this in Canada, probably still doing it, where they rent 2-3 bedroom apartments and bring over 8-10 pregnant women for each place. They stay there until baby is born, collect family allowance payments for a couple months, return home with said baby who now is a CANADIAN! These little pieces of crap return to Canada years later , infiltrate everything and that is why we have a chinese problem here in Canada.. I worked for the government in family allowances in the 70's and my husband was an immigration officer in the 80's and did investigations into these apartments, so I know it's true. Canada is absolutely screwed under the lieberals.
This is why we must be VERY careful when saying "let's amend the Constitution." Many in this country want a Constitutional Convention to "fix things." Short sighted. Now that we have more hindsight to consider than those who wrote the 14th, we must not mess with our constitution. We should have stopped with the Bill of Rights!
And, sadly, we cannot rely on Congress to make ANYTHING right. They don't and won't.
correct. The elitists would LOVE a chance to rewrite the Constitution; it would give them the perfect opportunity to rescind many of those pesky "rights" and "checks and balances" that our intelligent and wise founders, having just risked life and limb, purposefully established. The Constitution doesn’t need to be rewritten; it needs to be re-read. This includes the 6 elitists judges who think nothing of out country's citizenship rules.
I will say the ruling by SCOTUS, is a huge slap in the face to all American citizens, to those who fought for our freedom, & to allow birthright babies to be considered an “American citizen”! Disturbing ruling to say the least! We shall see if Congress will step up to the plate & legislate correctly to change or amend the 14th amendment???
For an even starker look at what the CCP is doing to the USA, read the book, "The Red Tsunami", by T. Casey Fleming. It's enough to make your blood boil.
Disgusting interpretation of the 14th Amendment by the Supreme Court. Numbers USA sends me something daily to sign regarding H.R. 2 to Save America. I forward it to my representatives. I also write the representatives personally to give them information. Senator Mike Lee, Utah has an A+ voting rating...and he backs Save America.
Here is another take on this James written by Ken Blackwell.
BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP:
BREAKING: Justice Brett Kavanaugh just handed Congress a clear legal path to end automatic birthright citizenship for the children of illegal aliens. No constitutional amendment required.
Here is what happened. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship in a case called Trump v. Barbara. Kavanaugh voted against the administration and agreed the order could not stand. But his separate opinion may prove more valuable to this cause than a courtroom win would have been.
Kavanaugh wrote that the order did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment at all. In his view, the order failed for one reason only. It conflicted with a federal statute, Section 1401 of the immigration code, that Congress passed and Congress can change.
Then he spelled out the path. Kavanaugh wrote that Congress could amend that statute or pass new legislation. Lawmakers could create exceptions to automatic citizenship for children born to parents who are in this country unlawfully or only temporarily.
A sitting justice of the Supreme Court put the roadmap in a published opinion for the whole world to read.
Understand why the statute matters here. Congress wrote the Fourteenth Amendment’s citizenship language into federal law in 1940 and carried it into the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952. The rule politicians call untouchable has been sitting in an ordinary statute for more than eighty years. Ordinary statutes can be rewritten by ordinary majorities.
For thirty years, the political class fed Americans a different story. They claimed birthright citizenship was locked into the Constitution and nothing short of an amendment could touch it. Amendments require two thirds of Congress and three quarters of the states, so the excuse worked. Politicians could wring their hands, mail their fundraising letters, and never cast a hard vote.
Kavanaugh demolished that excuse. He even pointed out that Congress has considered bills to change birthright citizenship for three decades and passed none of them. The barrier was never the Constitution. Congress chose the excuse over the work, year after year, while the abuse got worse.
And the abuse is real. Foreign nationals fly here on tourist visas for the sole purpose of giving birth. They collect an American passport for the child and fly home with a golden ticket. An entire birth tourism industry advertises this scheme openly, and smugglers sell illegal border crossings with citizenship for a future child as part of the pitch. Almost no other developed nation on earth hands out citizenship this way.
The Fourteenth Amendment served a specific purpose. Congress wrote it in 1868 to overturn Dred Scott and guarantee that no American could be denied citizenship because of his race. That purpose stands, and closing a modern loophole does nothing to disturb it.
The men who wrote the amendment never imagined visa overstays, birth tourism packages, or an open border used as a citizenship machine. Kavanaugh made this exact point. He argued that large scale illegal immigration and modern travel created conditions the Reconstruction Congress never envisioned, and that new exceptions can fit alongside the historical ones for diplomats and occupying enemy forces.
Now look at the math on the Court, because the press buried it. The headlines called this a 6 to 3 ruling. On the constitutional question, it was really 5 to 4. Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissented outright, and Kavanaugh joined them in rejecting the majority’s constitutional reasoning even though he voted to strike the order on statutory grounds.
That means four sitting justices have now signaled that automatic citizenship for the children of illegal aliens is a policy choice, and policy choices belong to Congress. When Congress passes a statute and that statute reaches the Court, the ground has already shifted. This is the strongest legal position the reform side has held in a century.
Washington got the message within hours. President Trump declared that “No long and unwieldy Constitutional Amendment is necessary!” and called on Congress to get to work. Senator Tom Cotton already has a bill, and Senators Cornyn and Scott have proposals targeting birth tourism. The Justice Department announced a crackdown on birth tourism visa fraud the same week.
Some Republicans, including Speaker Johnson and Senators Paul and Lee, still want a constitutional amendment. An amendment takes years while a statute takes months, and the Court’s own deciding vote just said a statute can do the job. Pass the bill now and let those who want an amendment pursue one on a parallel track.
So here is my message to every member of the House and Senate. The excuse is gone. Stop hiding behind a constitutional barrier that a Supreme Court justice just told you does not exist. Draft the bill, amend Section 1401 with clear exceptions, hold the hearings, and put every member on record before the American people.
Some members will vote no, and the voters deserve to see exactly who they are. Every politician who spent decades promising to fix this now has to show us whether the promise was real. There is nowhere left to hide.
American citizenship is the most valuable thing this nation confers. It should never be handed out automatically to reward lawbreaking or sold through birth tourism packages. The people’s elected representatives should set the rules, and the people should hold them accountable.
Justice Kavanaugh ruled against the White House on Tuesday and still handed Congress the pen. Our job as citizens is to make sure they pick it up.
I agree with Dan Brandt. Now it is up to those critters in Congress to fix this, once and for all. Sadly, Republicans never blow an opportunity to blow an opportunity.
Well, about bloody time - now the weekend can begin 😉 🤣
Jill, you and Robert have a great Fourth of July, too!
If insects are so nutritious, why didn’t the Egyptians thrive when God plagued them with locusts?
They aren't kosher. Like a bacon double cheeseburger, they are purposefully pushed to defy God's dietary guidelines which are for OUR own good.
OK, I’ll admit, it WAS worth the wait - God Bless America.
Couple thoughts: every time I see that 💩 eating smile on the face of the Islamist commie Mamdani, cosplaying as HisHonor, the mayor of NYC, my blood boils and I see red. Barely a generation ago, IN NYC, Islamists attacked America, killing thousands of Americans and altering the skyline of what some call the world’s greatest city. For 47 years we’ve been at war against Islamists - which, for me, began with the Beirut bombings in 1983. How many decades have we been in conflict with/against the forces and ideology of socialism/communism/marxism?
And now our largest city is being "run" by an inexperienced child that embodies all of these -isms.
God Bless America is no longer a statement but a prayer, a plea for help.
Thought #2: being called a pedophile⁉️ did "racist " lose its cachet, is it no longer applicable? Ya’know, it wasn’t that long ago when NAMBLA was marching in the streets (of NYC?) for their right to groom and sexually molest children. Even today, it’s democrats who inject "drag queens" into our schools/libraries/public places - all the while calling normies "pedophiles." Well, nothing surprises me anymore: if American blacks can join and defend the Democrat party, if Jews can vote for Mamdani, … {sigh}
Might explain why I’m having visions of Sodom, Gomorrah and the other cities on that levant plain; and a pillar of salt.
Exactly my sentiments!
Favorite July kicking out June. We just attended Brandon Vt July 4 on July 3 Parade. Fire trucks from local surrounding towns, Rs and Ds political folks, many worthwhile groups, bands and the ghostbusters crew! Gives confidence that many of the thousands of small communities in the USA are still alive and well. Meanwhile we are on top of a Vt Mt on our property which was once given to the Green Mt militia solders who fought in the Revolution. So great to remain part of our inspiring formation!
Grandpa’s family grew cows in Brandon. Took mom - 93 - on a road trip there last summer. Beautiful and peaceful.
That was my favorite meme too‼️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸‼️
Thank you for the Lee Greenwood - God Bless The U.S.A. video and other inspiring memes. This video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KoXt9pZLGM) will be appearing regularly on our Substack. It's a gem.
I totally agree Big E - The Lee Greenwood - God Bless The U.S.A. is beautifully done in this video. He tells a wonderful story of doing the song for the Reagan Library , with I believe
5 living Presidents and their wives, and one Presidents widow....and I'm so sorry I don't remember the names...sigh! Stand UP, INDEED!
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY MY COMPATRIOTS!
Barb
The one that resonated the most with me....Modern medicine has reached the pinnacle of success - almost everyone is sick! Its true almost every American is taking one drug or more. The Medical Industry has raked in trillions for products, which are harming health with their destruction of the internal organs...and people want more medicine and medical treatments. .
If the fluoridated (toxic) drinking water and massive pesticide residues aren't enough, then how about some RFR to get the holdouts into the medical centers so they can be diagnosed, billed, and put on a long-term prescription plan?
What a bunch of winners but the attempted murder gets my vote. Will add this question....if the birth person in the anchor baby one was named Barrett?
As always, a great collection. Thanks for adding to the joyous occasion of our 250th birthday. LOVED the Lee Greenwood video!
What you tolerate, you will get more of!
We tolerated it when the radical left started changing the definition of words.
Now we have the Supreme Court redefining the meaning of the 14th amendment.
“Woman” was a word that was understood in all cultures for thousands of years. When we tolerated the radical left’s redefinition-to the point of appointing a Supreme Court justice who agreed with them - we got more of it.
Make your own list of all the words they have redefined.
A couple of redefined words come to mind: vaccine & pandemic, for example.
Even the dissent in Anchor Babies Away didn’t refer to the 14th A in the context of the other two Reconstruction Amendments 13 and 15 which were also only about freed slaves.
Corporate media utterly failed to describe the historic majesty and mind-blowing pageantry planned for tomorrow’s national birthday party. So I, a (mostly) humble lawyer-blogger, had to do it. https://coffeeandcovid.substack.com/p/happy-birthday-usa-friday-july-3?r=15eyho&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
Happy 4th and Year 250 to you Malone's too!! Thank you for all you do and share. Yes...GOD Bless this U.S.A.!!
Thank you, thank you for the Lee Greenwood vid!
And God Bless the Malones for all they have done and do . . . they are the quintessential example of what is great about the USA (from an Aussie legal resident).
God bless you two and thank you for all you do. Love the funnies, spot on!!!