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Supreme Court Walks Right Into Instant Checkmate

Legal AF by MeidasTouch

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News, News Commentary

4.96.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Moving at almost the speed of light and following Justice Sotomayor’s “direction”, public interest groups litigating to protect Birthright Citizenship have just hours after the Supreme Court ruled against them, filed a new motion for class action certification and for temporary injunction with a Maryland federal judge. Michael Popok explains how this is exactly what Justice Sotomayor called for in her dissent on Friday, and sets up a battle over the summer in the Supreme Court over whether Birthright Citizenship enshrined in the 14th Amendment survives. Check out the Popok Firm: https://thepopokfirm.com Subscribe:  @LegalAFMTN  Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Well, breaking news that Donald Trump and the United States Supreme Court think the public interest groups and law firms defending birthright citizenship weren't going to be at the ready to file a new motion for class certification, a new motion for temporary restraining order to protect birthright citizenship in the wake of just several hours ago, the Supreme Court ruling this morning,

0:22.0

not that birthright citizenship can be changed by executive order, not yet,

0:27.6

but that no judge, despite 100 years of precedent, has the power to enforce or to impose

0:33.2

a nationwide or universal injunction to oppose a universally unconstitutional decision by Donald

0:39.6

Trump that affects every baby born regardless of state. It doesn't matter to the United States Supreme

0:44.4

Court. They said, you can't do it that way. The best you could do would be do it by class action.

0:49.5

That's what Kavanaugh said in his dissent or his concurrence, you'll have to do it by class action,

0:55.1

which will be the equivalent of an injunction. And so to Mayor said, get on your horses,

1:00.4

file that class action and ask for a temporary restraining order and just less than about a 90

1:06.3

minutes later, right on cue in front of Judge Boardman in Maryland, the lawyers for that case filed what?

1:14.0

A motion for class certification and for temporary restraining order.

1:17.1

I'll unpack it.

1:17.8

I'll break it down.

1:18.7

The only way I know how without blowing smoke or sunshine here on the Midas Touch Network and

1:22.7

Legal AF.

1:23.3

This is a very quick, fast-moving story.

1:25.6

I just did a hot take up on the network about what happened.

1:29.1

And as we anticipated, because Sotomayor is so smart.

1:33.0

We knew that already.

1:34.1

But once again, Sotomayor says, in effect, here's what she said in her dissent, which

1:40.8

exactly matches what just got filed.

1:43.9

Those papers were already prepared.

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