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John Leguizamo on SCOTUS's Birthright Ruling & the Right-Wing Freakout That Ensued | The Daily Show

The Supreme Court recently reaffirmed the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship in a 6-3 ruling, but John Leguizamo is wondering: How was this not a clean sweep? Leguizamo examines the ri

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@jmhanson02 From YouTube ↗ 17 Jul 2026 45
It's hard for me to understand how the anti-birthright folks see a newborn baby that is allowed to grow and mature in American society to the age of 18, and just assuming that that person will now hate America. Is there a reason they might hate America after living their entire lives here? If that were to happen, isn't the environment in which they grew up the root cause of their hatred, and shouldn't we prioritize fostering an environment that encourages all citizens love the place they live? The person is the symptom, the sickness is in society.
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Kavanaugh did not rule that it was a violation of the Constitution. Instead he ruled it violated a US Code provision. So it was only striking down the executive order was 6-3. The ruling that it was a violation of the Constitution was just 5-4. Ridiculous.
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@tajabaho1 From YouTube ↗ 17 Jul 2026 53
They re talking like being a us citizen is like winning the lottery, then why yall so poor?
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Stephen Miller is really Judge Doom from Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
If you’re not familiar, look up a video clip.
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@NewMessage From YouTube ↗ 17 Jul 2026 215
In fairness, Donnie is just as familiar with the contents of the Constitution as he is the contents of the Bible.

that is to say, not at all.
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You guys need to keep Leguizamo in regular rotation! He’s killing it!
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I also like to say, that people that can afford a cruise, doesnt necessary want to be American citizens.
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I love this guy so much. I used his Netflix special to teach rhetorical analysis at university and inevitably it was the students’ favorite assignment.
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"You can't just pop into port and squeeze out a baby while getting cornrows..." 💀💀 MUCHO AMOR POR JOHN LEGUIZAMO!! ❤🔥
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@katiewon From YouTube ↗ 17 Jul 2026 355
Stephen Miller has a face made for punching
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5:39 this is literally the exact argument they made in the 1800s about Chinese immigrants. It hasn't happened yet.
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Stephen Miller is....a ghoul.
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@Newrad1990 From YouTube ↗ 17 Jul 2026 182
This man needs to host more often!
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@rsanter75 From YouTube ↗ 17 Jul 2026 154
The criminal that just paid $5 million to a lady for r4p1ng her is trying to tell the United States who is a legal citizen. 🧐🤷
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To be fair to Stephen Miller: his species giving birth is a lot quicker than us humans.
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Also incredible that he believes the tax payers will be paying for the births... Buddy, people aren't having babies because medical expenses aren't covered by the government
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The right likes to scare their voters to distract from the fact they have no policies to help them.
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Even from a procedural aspect, it should have been 9-0 because the three who voted to end birthright citizenship were saying that an EXECUTIVE ORDER can overturn the Constitution. Their dissent was, in and of itself, UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
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Crazy to think that a person who is American because they were born in America could declare another person born in America not American
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@balibob47 From YouTube ↗ 17 Jul 2026 1300
If you think you love freedom but you don't care if it applies to everyone, then what you actually love is privilege.