A Texas Perspective
Daily update | Tuesday, July 01, 2025
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In the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the birthright citizenship issue, the ruling did nothing to do away with the 14th Amendment. Birthright citizenship is still in effect, and at the same time, the ruling makes it easier for the Trump administration to enforce its order in some areas of the country, and that will create a sought-after patchwork system of citizenship across the country. The only thing the Supreme Court did was limit the powers of lower courts to issue nationwide injunctions to block the implementation of Trump's executive orders. Birthright citizenship is still a 14th Amendment guarantee and that means anyone born in the United States is still automatically a citizen, and that's regardless of their parents' immigration status, which is what the Trump administration is targeting. That status would create what's called a patchwork immigration system across the country where some states can enforce the Trump executive order, and in other states, the executive order can be blocked. Texas is all in on the enforcement of the executive order and is aiding and abetting the Trump administration with enforcement. There are some talks that created concerns over the executive order affecting Blacks across the country. That is nothing but talk because the 13th Amendment officially abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the country, and that officially started the process of integrating former slaves into American society as citizens. Most important, the Supreme Court can not overturn a constitutional amendment. The court's function is to interpret and apply the Constitution. The Trump administration's Immigration Customs Enforcement can continue to detain, and eventually deport illegal immigrants, but they can't touch anybody with proof that they are American citizens, especially those endowed with birthright citizenship, and this reality will create some hell-of-a lawsuits that will stall the enforcement of those deportations.
John M. Grondelski, American Thinker explains this scenario differently . . . . The Supreme Court’s June 27 Trump v. CASA et al. decision about birthright citizenship turned on a legal technicality: Could one federal district judge in one court in one state block a presidential policy for the entire country? To that question, the Court said “no.” On the merits of whether Trump’s effort to dial back what “birthright citizenship” means more broadly, the Court left that question for another day. Read more
In The News
In the news daily, the Trump administration ICE raids dominate the news and it's even becoming a much talked about subject in churches, where it has no business being . . . . Political obsession is a reality we all have to live with. On any given day, even when we intentionally avoid the news, it seems that we hear Trump’s name at least three times a day. If only people would speak as passionately about our Blessed Lord! Perhaps then we would all be just as Jesus-focused as we currently are Trump-focused. A personal anecdote from the Feast of Corpus Christi highlights this fixation on political disagreements. Read more
According to scientific evidence, a fetus is considered to be a human being from conception and the evidence supporting this classification determines that life begins at fertilization, Justin Anthony Banta should face the charge of capital murder in the murder of his girlfriend's fetus . . . . A North Texas man charged with capital murder this month after he allegedly slipped his girlfriend abortion-inducing medication and caused a miscarriage marks the first time a murder charge has been brought in an abortion-related case in Texas. Read more
In a first of its kind, Texas adopted Make America Great Again, but changed the wording and meaning to reflect, Make America Again Healthy by requiring the food industry to remove harmful chemicals from processed foods and placing warning labels on products sold in Texas which was inspired by the most aggravating person in the Trump administration . . . . Texas was the first state to implement a “Make America Again Healthy” package as part of the national movement led by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Read more
In the aftermath of the AME church shooting that claimed nine lives in South Carolina, the state is still avoiding actions to prevent the next racist mass shooting and to prove that point, since the shooting close to 9.000 people over ten years have lost their lives due to gun violence . . . . In mid-June, amid a sweltering summer heat, attendees to the memorial event being held at the Charleston Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, in South Carolina, walked past bouquets of red roses, sunflowers, lilies, and daisies hanging between the metal gates. They climbed the church steps 10 years to the day after one of the most deadly racist mass shootings in modern American history, a tall palmetto tree standing nearby, and, to its right, a large white stone bench — a preview of the Emanuel Nine Memorial. Read more
Message from the publisher:
A Texas Perspective is designed to be informative, historical, and educational, reflecting the ever-evolving political cultures in the country that no longer prioritize voters' interests. We have become a country that no longer knows where it came from, and as such, we're embarking upon that journey again without knowing it.
Thanks,
Don W. Allison/Editor, A Texas Perspective
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