Not used to seeing sensible articles in @TheAtlantic. https://t.co/USOv4OsvW9

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 28, 2025

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June 28, 2025 at 04:32PM
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But the whole problem is ameliorated if @SCOTUS basically decides big issues quickly via the emergency docket. This seems to be the new equilibrium, per Kavanaugh, J. https://t.co/ssY9Lm8zPL Seems OK to me. We have the best Supreme Court in my lifetime. https://t.co/hi4haEilsi

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Jun 28, 2025

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June 28, 2025 at 04:24PM
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But the whole problem is ameliorated if @SCOTUS basically decides big issues quickly via the shadow docket, no? https://t.co/hi4haEilsi

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 28, 2025

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June 28, 2025 at 04:15PM
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If Mamdani lets his victimization by hateful, Islamophobic and racist tropes become the central issue in the campaign … well, that’s one way he could lose, no? https://t.co/LyrRtCvKdN

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 28, 2025

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June 28, 2025 at 03:06AM
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Here is Trump vs. Bush II and Obama: https://t.co/W3ZH4ehYzs

Here’s Trump 4 points underwater: https://t.co/yiOe1Ut32S

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 28, 2025

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June 28, 2025 at 02:53AM
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WHY ARE TRUMP’S POLLS ONLY OK? Yes, Trump’s doing about as well in the approval polls as Obama and Bush II at this point in their 2nd terms. But he’s performing in the upper range of what anyone had a right to expect–certainly better than I expected. The economy seems fine,

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Jun 28, 2025

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June 28, 2025 at 02:50AM
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Seems deceptive. They have to to “close out contracts the agency had already negotiated.” In other words (I think) these aren’t new expenses that would not be incurred if USAID didn’t shut down. Article should have discussed this. https://t.co/QAbT8xwIBm

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Jun 28, 2025

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June 27, 2025 at 08:15PM
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e.g.: “In the 1950s, children born in the U.S. to migrants in the Bracero work program were not considered U.S. citizens.”

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Jun 28, 2025

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June 27, 2025 at 08:00PM
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Useful article. You had to overlook a bunch of legislative history and practical examples to get to that footnote in Plyer v. Doe declaring birthright citizenship. https://t.co/12QJoWh4aw

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 27, 2025

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June 27, 2025 at 07:59PM
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Note to @Noahpinion: Things are looking up in Toronto (after a wave of immigration) too! … https://t.co/dAkngVM9dH

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 27, 2025

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June 27, 2025 at 07:08PM
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How about this: Let in legal immigrants (up to the usual limit of a million or so a year) only to the extent that there is a reduction (by deportation or self-deportation) of illegal immigrants. https://t.co/1siy0ua7Wi

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 27, 2025

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June 27, 2025 at 01:11PM
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That would seem to be a pretty high criminality rate–22%. https://t.co/EFHfaRVRjo

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Jun 27, 2025

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June 27, 2025 at 01:05PM
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Wording in the 1866 Act (“not subject to any foreign power”) seems v-useful in interpreting who gets citizenship at birth under the 14th Amendment (which says they must be “subject to the jurisdiction” of US). Do illegals or tourists have that allegiance? https://t.co/xbvEFVFcUg

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 26, 2025

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June 26, 2025 at 05:19PM
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Well, then socialists will be a majority soon. https://t.co/zNUt2oTvqK

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 26, 2025

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June 26, 2025 at 03:52PM
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Probably more have Democratic parents who pay their rent. Still …. https://t.co/FMeLUc62gw

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Jun 26, 2025

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June 25, 2025 at 09:39PM
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Here is the 14th Amendment: https://t.co/iXmHB53BnM

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Jun 25, 2025

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June 25, 2025 at 03:39PM
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Today’s crazy idea: Why can’t SCOTUS, confronted with an ambiguous clause in the 14th Amendment, send it to Congress to clarify using Congress’ explicit power, under Section 5 of the Amendment, to “enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article”? https://t.co/Sqxo7jzKCy

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 25, 2025

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June 25, 2025 at 03:39PM
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I always thought “birthright citizenship” must be part of our frontier heritage, when anybody could wander into North America and have as good a claim as anyone else. But no–it dates from way after that, in an interpretation of the 14th Amendment, written after we were a https://t.co/Sqxo7jzKCy

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 25, 2025

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June 25, 2025 at 03:27PM
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“If illegals are illegal, why are their babies citizens?” https://t.co/ZoxPU5Grm3

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Jun 25, 2025

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June 25, 2025 at 03:20PM
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“Dear Donald” is a little much … https://t.co/miknvKdWWX

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Jun 25, 2025

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June 25, 2025 at 01:19PM
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Well, NY will be more affordable … https://t.co/KdmDHHqGLl

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Jun 25, 2025

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June 24, 2025 at 11:01PM
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Hmmm https://t.co/gd061XF2h4

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Jun 25, 2025

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June 24, 2025 at 10:24PM
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.@joelkotkin and @RyanGirdusky vs. @Noahpinion and @mattyglesias. …

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2025

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June 24, 2025 at 06:26PM
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Would be a good Firing Line-style debate to have if we had Firing Line. https://t.co/Wedu5n5MJ5

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2025

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June 24, 2025 at 06:21PM
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LA “1000x better than in the 90s” I don’t think so! I don’t think any of Smith’s claims are accurate, though there are lots of confounding factors. Most people I know (definite subset) think both places have gone all to hell. https://t.co/qILmSjIk3L https://t.co/FdJh4F0kfF

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2025

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June 24, 2025 at 06:18PM
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