Topic: originalism
Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order: What the Law Says, What Wong Kim Ark Held, and What the Supreme Court Decided
Verdicts: 1 Mostly True
Trump’s Jan. 2025 EO on birthright citizenship is accurately described but overstates Wong Kim Ark’s scope. SCOTUS settled it 6-3 in June 2026: the EO is unconstitutional.
Court Packing vs. Court Stacking: A Fact-Check of Every Major Claim
Verdicts: 3 True, 1 Mixed, 1 Misleading
Trump hasn’t ‘packed’ the courts (added seats), but McConnell’s vacancy blockade and 271 lifetime appointments across two terms constitute the most aggressive court-stacking operation in modern…
Originalism When Convenient: A Case-by-Case Audit of the Conservative Supreme Court’s Own Standard
Verdicts: 1 Mostly True, 2 Mixed, 3 False
The conservative majority says it decides by text, history, and tradition. A case-by-case audit of six landmark rulings finds the method applied where it helps and set aside where it would not.