Joe Rigney

Fellow of Theology @NewSaintAndrews | Associate Pastor @Christ_Kirk | First In, Last Out, Laughing Loudest

[Andrew Beck @AndrewBeckUSA]

Went to Christ Church in DC Sunday the media has been raging about, and apart from the left wing agitators attempting to terrorize families, was as normal of a church I ’ve been to in America.

The Left’s goal is to make the normal strange and the extraordinary outrageous.

[Joe Rigney @joe_rigney]

A much better chart.

https://t.co/4toQqqiqyX

[Jonathan Tomes @postnuance]

@joelrainey

[Joe Rigney @joe_rigney]

Represent-My-Opponents-Accurately-Challenge: Impossible

[Joel Rainey. ن @joelrainey]

Very helpful distinction provided by our Presbyterian brothers and sisters.

[Paul Anleitner @PaulAnleitner]

The Sandlot has the single greatest vision of American life ever put on film.

This scene is what it’s all about. 🇺🇸

[Joe Rigney @joe_rigney]

@IVMiles So what you’re saying is, “I am a providentialist…”

[Joe Rigney @joe_rigney]

@Jaymallowreal False. Read Thomas’s dissent: for decades after the 14th Amendment was ratified every branch of government excluded children born to temporary visitors from citizenship:

[Joe Rigney @joe_rigney]

W.A.I.P.’s arresting victims of crimes.

Where is Fairy Hardcastle?

[James McMurdock MP @JMcMurdockMP]

I can’t let this go unchallenged.

That young man was, in my opinion and based on the video below, the clear victim of an assault.

The video shows, for reasons that are entirely beyond my comprehension, the officer steaming directly into the victim.

The officer made no effort to prevent the attack or apprehend the men who had just administered the violence.

What I see in the video is the officer using speed and aggression at the moment of peak danger and confusion against the victim.

The victim then controls himself the moment he realises it is now a police officer attacking him and not one of the multiple men who were attacking him a fraction of a second earlier.

In my opinion Birmingham Police should drop the charges against this young man and ask the officer why she went for the victim on the ground and not the attackers!

[Miles Smith IV @IVMiles]

Patriotism and nationalism are basically synonyms. I loathe what gets called Christian nationalism but I intellectually loathe this dishonest reductionist name-calling. Actually make an argument.

[Joe Rigney @joe_rigney]

An excellent series of lectures on Political Philosophy from the faculty of @NewSaintAndrews:

@TalcottNYC on Classical Foundations
@Verge_of_Jordan on the American Founding
@JaredLongshore on Reformed Political Thought
@joe_rigney on Post-Reformation Politics (Kuyperians and Baptists)
Jeff Shafer on the 20th Century Decline
And a Roundtable Discussion at the end.

https://t.co/bb2Avox7zQ

[New Saint Andrews College @NewSaintAndrews]

Post-Reformation Politics | Joe Rigney | NSA Political Philosophy Lecture Series

Enjoy this lecture by Dr. @joe_rigney, the fourth lecture in the Political Philosophy Lecture Series.

Watch ALL the lectures now at https://t.co/KhouT4RyxE

[Joe Rigney @joe_rigney]

A clear legislative way to address the problem of birthright citizenship: Declare illegal aliens to be invaders.

Good read from Josh Hammer.

[Josh Hammer @josh_hammer]

The birthright citizenship ruling at SCOTUS is an utter abomination.

And by constitutionalizing the issue, the majority prevented an easy legislative fix. Right?

Maybe not. Congress can still act to ban anchor baby citizenship.

Here's how.

My column 🖋️ https://t.co/hSnZIFEXpx

[Joe Rigney @joe_rigney]

Gotta love the patriots who are like "An Etch-a-Sketch, but with a Cessna."

#America250

[Brick Suit @Brick_Suit]

HOLY TOLEDO!*
We got ourselves a patriot in the air!

A Cessna with tail number N4936T just completed a USA 250th flight complete with map of the lower 48.

Impressive.👍

*And Cleveland.
https://t.co/tnu750f1UZ

[Joe Rigney @joe_rigney]

@jchasedavis Maybe...

[Joe Rigney @joe_rigney]

@hunterbaker Hunter, let's stipulate that we're talking about culture/ethnicity, not strictly race.

What do you think of these sorts of studies/arguments about the persistence of immigrants political ideology over generations?

https://t.co/W0LP0x501m

[Theo Wold @RealTheoWold]

Happy Birthday to Idaho.

We became America's 43rd state on July 3, 1890.

For 136 years, we've been called the Gem State for a reason.

Let's fight to keep it safe and beautiful.

[Joe Rigney @joe_rigney]

Must read for America 250, from @MESabo86:

"Today, we must look to the founders’ steely courage, their manly resolve, their prudence and foresight—which are perfected by grace—and channel them toward the end of good government for the good of the American citizen.

Recovering our inheritance will take nothing less than a firm reliance on the twin pillars of American vitality—the laws of nature and nature’s God—combined with the courage to act."

[American Reformer @AmReformer]

We wish you all a glorious America 250. @MESabo86 is with us today to talk about reclaiming our heritage as Americans. You can read his full article in the reply.

[Tyler C @tyler_austin55]

"The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism more than any appellation derived from local discriminations. With slight shades of difference, you have the same religion, manners, habits, and political principles. You have in a common cause fought and triumphed together. The independence and liberty you possess are the work of joint councils and joint efforts—of common dangers, sufferings, and successes."

- From George Washington's Farewell Address.

[Joe Rigney @joe_rigney]

What is America?

An borderless economic zone?

A purely propositional nation?

A decadent empire fated to be fought over by an influx of foreigners?

America is a people, a nation.

America is our home.

[New Saint Andrews College @NewSaintAndrews]

What is America?

We aren't ashamed of the answer to this question.

https://t.co/2vOLFFMZdc

[New Saint Andrews College @NewSaintAndrews]

What is America?

We aren't ashamed of the answer to this question.

https://t.co/2vOLFFMZdc

[Joe Rigney @joe_rigney]

Some good ideas here…

[Roger Severino @RogerSeverino_]

Dear @VP @JDVance, I was honored to see you endorse my idea of prohibiting birth tourism citizenship in U.S. Territories (which China has exploited to the hilt), and I'd like to offer you some even bolder ideas to save our national sovereignty.

So far, solutions to the Anchor Baby problem have focused on the "anchors," but the SCOTUS decision requires renewing focus on the "boats" they tether and ending their incentives to give birth here. Here’s how.

Take all the conditions in the original Trump EO and direct all the consequences onto foreigners who exploit "loophole citizenship" by declaring them PERSONA NON GRATA.

Specifically, if an alien without legal permanent residency chooses to have a child on U.S. soil, the foreigner parents must either renounce the child’s American citizenship or lose the ability to ever again legally step foot in the U.S., their choice.

Under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. § 1182(f)), the President has broad power to suspend or restrict entry of any class of foreign nationals the President determines would be “detrimental to the interests of the United States.” The President should use this authority to deem such foreigners:

1) permanently ineligible for U.S. entry under any visa type (whether visitor, student, work, or otherwise)

2) permanently ineligible to petition for asylum, refugee, or temporary protected status

3) permanently ineligible for lottery or family based entry

4) permanently ineligible to petition for any legal residency or U.S. citizenship whatsover, including by future marriage to an American citizen.

Foreigners cynically use their children as tools to get lawful access to the U.S., its resources, and its opportunities that were paid for in blood and treasure by generations of Americans that came before. Forever shut the door to that access and birth tourism would plummet overnight.

But what about the people who would defy any ban or are already here illegally? That’s a tougher problem, but still addressable. The lawbreakers would have know that if they exploit “loophole citizenship” and choose not to renounce their child’s U.S. citizenship, they will have automatically moved themselves up on the deportation tracking and priority list.

The president can also exercise his discretion under the INA to strip away common procedural tools immigration lawyers use to delay or withhold removal and can require expedited deportation once they are caught as we currently do with repeat offenders and criminals.

Congress, for its part, should codify these changes to prevent any potential future open borders President from unilaterally undoing them. It may also need to create mechanisms for a parent covered by the EO to be able to renounce their child's American citizenship as an exercise of their parental rights, especially in cases of truly accidental births on U.S. soil.

States too have a role to play in limiting perverse incentives. For example, they can require parents who are here illegally to pay for the public schooling of their children, whether U.S. citizen or not (and thereby prompt the court to revisit the wrongly decided Plyler v. Doe decision of 1982).

People are furious because the biggest court rewrite of the Constitution since Obergefell has placed our national identity at the mercy of foreigners making decisions according to THEIR interests, on THEIR timing, and on THEIR terms.

In the American system of government, for every egregious SCOTUS decision, there should be an equal and opposite reaction from the other federal branches, the states, and the People. It’s how our system is designed, and we should exercise that power to make sure it is Americans, and only Americans, who decide who can join our great nation.