Episode 1138 – A Big Surprise from SCOTUS!

The Supreme Court make a surprise announcement!

The economy a getting better, slowly but Shirley.

And the jury of the drive-by sandwiching against ICE agents speak out about how they let the lady boy off for assault. And it is a problem.

This is a Surprise

According to the Daily Wire:

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether President Donald Trump’s push to end birthright citizenship is legal, according to reports.

Upon re-entering the White House, Trump signed an executive order to prevent the children of illegal immigrants or foreigners with temporary visas from receiving citizenship upon birth.

It quickly faced a slew of lawsuits arguing that the order violated the 14th Amendment, which affords citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil regardless of their parents’ immigration status.

The high court is now expected to decide in late June or early July on the longtime interpretation of the 14th Amendment, according to The New York Times.

The ruling, however, did not address the question of birthright citizenship itself, which is the practice of granting automatic citizenship rights for babies born on United States soil, regardless of their parents’ citizenship status.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court in September to take up the case after several lower courts paused the order.

“The lower court’s decisions invalidated a policy of prime importance to the President and his Administration in a manner that undermines our border security. Those decisions confer, without lawful justification, the privilege of American citizenship on hundreds of thousands of unqualified people,” the Justice Department wrote in the appeals at the time.

In June, the high court justices ruled 6-3 along ideological lines to allow Trump to try to end birthright citizenship in some parts of the country.

The 14th Amendment states:

All 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.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-to-rule-on-trumps-push-to-end-birthright-citizenship

Still At $3.00?!

According to the Daily Wire:

This holiday season, there’s a little extra cheer at the gas pump. For the first time in four years, the average price of gas has dipped below $3 a gallon.

According to AAA, the last time gas averaged $3 or below was May 2021. It was a different world: Joe Biden was president, California was still in COVID hibernation, and every junk drawer in America was 80% face masks.

Today, the average gas price per gallon is $2.978.

Of course, the prices should be lower, but, thanks to blue states, the average is still at $3.

  • California – about mid‑$4.60s per gallon on average.
  • Hawaii – mid‑$4.40s per gallon.
  • Washington – just above $4.10–$4.20 per gallon.
  • Nevada – upper‑$3.80s to just under $3.90 per gallon.
  • Oregon – upper‑$3.70s to around $3.80 per gallon.
  • Alaska – mid‑$3.70s per gallon.
  • Oklahoma ($2.40)
  • Texas ($2.53)
  • Arkansas ($2.55)
  • Colorado ($2.56)
  • Mississippi ($2.57)
  • Tennessee ($2.58)

California ($4.51) and Hawaii have the highest gas prices in the country. The states with the lowest gas prices are Oklahoma ($2.40), Texas ($2.53), Arkansas ($2.55), Colorado ($2.56), Mississippi ($2.57), Tennessee ($2.58), Louisiana ($2.60), Iowa ($2.63), Wisconsin ($2.63), and Missouri ($2.64), per AAA.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/cha-ching-trump-delivers-relief-at-the-pump-driving-gas-prices-down-to-lowest-point-in-4-years
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/what-states-have-the-highest-g-809QtIgyT7S9Xv5qds2Wyg

It’s Not Funny

According to Fox News:

Jurors who deliberated on the case of a man who threw a sub sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer in Washington, D.C., said the courtroom was often filled with giggles as witnesses testified and lawyers bantered.

One juror told CBS News that many in the packed courtroom struggled to keep a “straight face” during the proceedings. The accused, Sean Dunn, was ultimately acquitted on his misdemeanor charge of simple assault.

“I mean,” the juror said, “it was a thrown sandwich.”

“I thought we’d be out of there quickly. This case had no ‘grounding.’ He threw a sandwich at the agent because he knew it wouldn’t hurt,” another juror said. “A reasonable person wouldn’t think a sandwich is a weapon.”

“It seemed to me like an open and closed type of thing,” a third juror told the outlet.  “It was kind of ridiculous.” 

“We asked each other: If we only look at this case, can someone really do harm to someone wearing a ballistic vest by throwing a sandwich?”

The trial lasted three days, and jurors deliberated for seven hours before handing down a verdict on Nov. 6. After it was read, Dunn hugged his lawyers in the courtroom.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dc-sandwich-throwing-case-laughingstock-court-jurors-reveal