If the SC approves this illegal EO, there will be a 99% chance of Civil War.
I’d put that chance closer to 0%. The people who care enough about the rule of law have too much to lose, and those on the side of the fascists either have nothing to lose or are too infirm to fight.
America will die with a whimper, not a bang. Smart people will move to other countries, high-skill immigrants will stop immigrating, and the economy will eventually collapse.
If the SC approves this illegal EO, there will be a 99% chance of Civil War.
We may end up in a Civil War, but it will not be over Birthright Citizenship. However, it may be over the next unconstitutional EOs he writes, if this one is approved by the SC. Because if they let this one through, he has permission to do much worse.
If the EO is deemed unconstitutional in those states, guess what? It’s unconstitutional federally (i.e. everywhere).
And there it will die. If the SC approves this illegal EO, there will be a 99% chance of Civil War.
I’d put that chance closer to 0%. The people who care enough about the rule of law have too much to lose, and those on the side of the fascists either have nothing to lose or are too infirm to fight.
America will die with a whimper, not a bang. Smart people will move to other countries, high-skill immigrants will stop immigrating, and the economy will eventually collapse.
We may end up in a Civil War, but it will not be over Birthright Citizenship. However, it may be over the next unconstitutional EOs he writes, if this one is approved by the SC. Because if they let this one through, he has permission to do much worse.