Chris Norris

[The Conservative Alternative @OldeWorldOrder]

JAMES MADISON: "We've staked the whole future of American civilization on our ability to follow the Ten Commandments with all our heart."

[National Mall NPS @NationalMallNPS]

On July 2, 1776, delegates for the 13 American colonies voted to approve a resolution submitted by Richard Henry Lee announcing "That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown." With the vote complete, Congress began editing Thomas Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence, getting ready to announce the decision to the world.

Painting of the Committee of Five presenting the draft of the Declaration of Independence to Congress by John Trumbull.
#history #IndependenceDay #Freedom250

[Rick Green @RickGreenTX]

Absolutely my favorite Justice of all time. He articulates here EXACTLY my approach in all of our constitution classes, which is why I think they became so popular. I always hated in law school how students and professors prided themselves in complicating things so they sound smart…Zig Ziglar always taught me the opposite, he said to speak and teach at a 7th grade level so that even the professors could understand it!!! :) But seriously, Thomas is spot on here and it explains so much of how and why we do the things we do at Patriot Academy.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

[Wade Miller @WadeMiller]

No one that I have encountered can square this logic with the Supreme Court holding on birthright citizenship….

If native Americans on reservations weren’t covered by the 14th amendment because they were under their own territorial and political jurisdiction… fine. Logical.

If native Americans who left the reservation and had kids in U.S. hospitals weren’t given citizenship at birth… fine, not under political jurisdiction of the U.S. even though they were under the territorial jurisdiction of the U.S.

But the court just said that tourists and illegals, who are under the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, while still subject to the political jurisdiction of their home countries, can produce citizens.

No one who agrees with the court holding has so far been able to explain to me why in light of these circumstances, the holding makes sense.

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Mark McKenzie led the USMNT in prayer after the Americans moved on to the Round of 16 🙏

[Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47]

.@POTUS: "Theodore Roosevelt reminds us all that to be a great nation, and to be a free nation, we must have courage... As T.R. once put it, 'Freedom is not a gift that lasts long in the hands of cowards.'"

[Will Ricciardella @WillRicci]

Today’s birthright citizenship decision turned on one fatal move:

The majority collapsed political jurisdiction into territorial jurisdiction.

That’s it in a nutshell.

Everyone inside the US is subject to our laws. Illegal aliens, tourists, visa overstays, foreign criminals — all of them.

That is territorial jurisdiction.

But the Citizenship Clause did not say “within the jurisdiction.” It says “subject to the jurisdiction.”

Equal Protection protects persons within the jurisdiction.

Citizenship asks who is subject to the jurisdiction.

Protection is not membership.

The dissents understood that distinction. The Citizenship Clause was about political belonging — allegiance, jurisdiction, and membership in the American people — not mere physical presence.

The majority effectively read the two phrases as one.

A clause about who belongs to the political community became a rule about who happens to be standing here.

Not because Congress passed that rule.

Not because the text clearly commands it.

But because the Court read the harder phrase as if it said the easier one.

And institutional habit has now become law.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

I have just finished reading Justice Clarence Thomas's 91-page dissent in the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down Trump’s birthright citizenship order.

It's incredible.

Here's everything you need to know: 🧵

[William Wolfe 🇺🇸 @WilliamWolfe]

THOMAS JEFFERSON: "A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation.

To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law, would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means."

[kurt lash @kurtlash1]

Justice Thomas's dissent is a tour de force. He utterly destroys, to the point of embarrassment, the majority's historical rationale. This explains why the Court's ruling on the 14thA was far closer than anyone predicted (5-4).

[Buck Sexton @BuckSexton]

A majority of the Supreme Court decided that to be legally American is so debased, it can be obtained as the proceeds of criminal conspiracy, and the founders who risked hanging to forge this nation wanted us all one day to think citizenship is just a game, a joke

[Bernie Moreno @berniemoreno]

250 years ago today, the Committee of Five presented the Declaration of Independence to the Continental Congress.

God was unquestionably present in that room, guiding these men to have courage and conviction. Their sacrifice created the greatest country in history. It is our duty to ensure this republic endures. 🇺🇸

[1776 Live @250YearsAgoLive]

Thomas Jefferson submits the final draft of his Declaration of Independence to Continental Congress.

[Rep. Mitch Little @realmitchlittle]

For much of my life, the Republican Party has had a sort of detente with secular progressivism. We have resisted them in culture, but allowed them zones of safety in public education and higher education and city hall. We are now paying the price for it with the rise of democratic socialism and antisemitism in this generation.

We must tell the truth now. This country was permitted and sustained by the Lord. Your ideas have failed and must be defeated in the public square.

[Brent Money @brentmoney]

Ben Franklin: “I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth—that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid?”

[Rodney Smith Jr @iamrodneysmith]

My feature on CBS news today.

[Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47]

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[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 AWESOME! Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is being praised nationwide for this BASED line in his opinion today supporting President Trump ending the migrant invasion:

"Aliens have NO EQUAL PROTECTION RIGHTS against the federal government."

Democrats' narrative busted. 🔥