Justice Jackson In Court, re The 14th Amendment

Black America Rallies Behind Justice Kentanji Jackson as She Shreds Trump’s Birthright Challenge

Ketanji Brown Jackson stood out from several justices appearing to be skeptical of the president’s argument against the Citizenship Clause in the 14th Amendment.

By Phenix S Halley

As the Supreme Court continues to debate President Donald Trump’s case to end birthright citizenship, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is going viral after clips of her questioning Trump’s interpretation of the 14th Amendment began circling the internet.

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As we previously told you, the high court heard arguments on Wednesday (April 1) for the landmark case. Jackson stood out from several justices, appearing to be skeptical of the president’s argument against the Citizenship Clause in the 14th Amendment. Specifically, the first Black woman Supreme Court Justice grilled Solicitor General D. John Sauer about how enforcing Trump’s January 2025 executive order would actually work.

“How does this work? Are you suggesting when a baby is born people have to present documents,” Jackson asked. “Is this happening in the delivery room? How are we determining when or whether a newborn child is a citizen of the US under your rule?” 

The Root reported that the president attempted to axe birthright citizenship on his first day back in the White House and was met with serious backlash from folks who saw the order as an attack against immigrants and an attack on the U.S. Constitution.

Online, folks praised Jackson for getting straight to business. “Had his a** sounding like he just smoked a whole carton of Newport box short cigarettes,” @PatrickJnmarie said.

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Pew Research estimated that 320,000 infants were born on American soil to immigrant parents without authorization in 2023. Under Trump’s order, babies of millions of migrants who enter the country– legally or not– wouldn’t automatically be eligible for citizenship. This is a complete turnaround from the way the U.S. has viewed birthright citizenship since 1868.

“This isn’t just a misstep it’s a fundamental misunderstanding of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution,” @Popular_EY said.

Other folks online gave President Joe Biden credit for choosing Jackson for her position on the court. “Shoutout to President Joe Biden. You did good, kid,” @CarolDright said. “God love ya.” @WmAG_V agreed, writing, “Joseph Robinette Biden Jr did his MF job when he got Justice KBJ on the bench!”

Jackson became the first Black woman to serve as Supreme Court justice back in 2022. Since then, she’s positioned herself as a liberal leader unafraid to go against her fellow justices on the bench. “Justice Ketanji is head and shoulders above trumps DEI pics on the Supreme Court,” @ClaudetteGGibs1 tweeted.

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But while many Black folks rallied behind Jackson’s Wednesday remarks, she was also met with conservative and MAGA supporters like Fla. Gov. Ron Desantis, who called her bluff.

Still, it seems Jackson is supported by plenty of Black Americans rooting for her. “Ketanji Brown Jackson has more real, hands-on experience in the justice system than any current Supreme Court Justice—including the Chief,” @lab_ftwtx pointed out. “She’s been a public defender, a trial judge, and an appellate judge. She’s actually worked at every level, not just one side of it. Facts.”

What do you think about this CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM truth?

SBTB’s Hide Your Wallet, Featuring Queer Romances

Hide Your Wallet

April 2026 Queer Romances

by Dahlia Adler · Apr 3, 2026 at 5:00 am 

New month, new collection of queer romances, and this month we’re going heavy on historicals! Treat yourself to love throughout the ages with these sweet new reads.

Set Point

Set Point by Meg Jones

Author: Meg Jones
Released: April 7, 2026 by Avon
Genre: Contemporary Romance, LGBTQIA, Romance
Series: Game, Set, and Match #3

A sizzling sapphic enemies-to-lovers romance between two rival tennis superstars, taking place during the US Open!

Nothing fades faster than a former prodigy—and Inés Costa is dangerously close to disappearing.

Once queen of the court, Inés is limping through qualifiers. And after losing her biggest sponsor to Chloe Murphy, the sport’s fiery new favorite, she and her bank account are running on fumes.

Chloe, known as much for her talent as her temper, is a top seed for the upcoming US Open. But thanks to broken rackets, code violations, and the inability to play well with others, her “favorite” status is slipping away.

However, when they are forced to share the same side of the court, and the world surprisingly doesn’t implode, Chloe makes an she’ll fund Inés’s journey to the US Open, but only if Inés agrees to be her hitting partner and teach her to keep a level head.

It’s strictly business, but somewhere between practice drills and tour stops, the line between rival and something more begins to blur.

As the summer burns toward Flushing Meadows, their sizzling tension catches fire. With a trophy in sight and emotions running high, will their romance double fault at set point?

The Game, Set and Match series gets its first f/f in this third book, bringing a heated rivalry to the tennis court. This one’s chock full of favorite tropes and is decidedly steamy, the perfect pick to tide you over until nonfictional players hit the US Open in a few months. (snip-MORE, plus ordering info, on the page)

The Word

The Bird’s The Word:

Least Flycatcher

Empidonax minimus

Also Known As:

  • Chebecker
  • Mosquero Mínimo (Spanish)
  • Mosquerito Chebec (Spanish)
  • Papamoscas Chico (Spanish)

About

The Least Flycatcher is a small but fierce bird of North American forests, known for its fearlessness in confronting birds much larger than itself, including formidable foes like Blue Jays and even hawks. They often share habitat and compete with American Redstarts, a fly-catching warbler, which they exclude from the best habitat through repeated chases and attacks. Of course, Least Flycatchers defend their territories from their neighbors as well.

However, despite their intense territoriality, these flycatchers are widely known to form dense clusters of breeding territories, even in areas with plenty of suitable habitat. Interestingly, the males closest to the center of a cluster are the healthiest, and the first to find mates. Conversely, birds that don’t join a cluster usually do not mate at all that season. While other factors may contribute to this pattern, the main influence seems to be that it facilitates birds mating with their neighbors in addition to their social mate.

Least Flycatchers are socially monogamous, pairing with a single bird during the breeding season with whom they defend a territory and raise young. But these birds are also quite promiscuous. More often than not, the nest of a mated pair will have at least one nestling sired by another male. “Spreading the love” in this way benefits both males and females — females end up with more genetic diversity in their nests, while males don’t have all their eggs in one “basket,” in case a nest fails. This breeding system, where territories are clustered together, females seek matings outside of the pair, and paired males compete for each other’s mates, has been described as a “hidden lek.” In some ways, this system is quite similar to the communal display areas, or leks, where birds like Lesser Prairie-Chicken and Greater Sage-Grouse defend small arenas to display for females.

One big difference between a classic lek and the so-called “hidden lek” of Least Flycatchers is that both the male and female in a pair are looking to mate with other birds without their own mate knowing about it. Also, the displays are a bit less dramatic. Rather than elaborate plumages, dances, and bizarre methods of sound production, these drab males instead opt to sing the same monotonous two-note song several thousand times an hour.

Threats

Though fairly common in appropriate habitat, Least Flycatcher populations have been declining since the 1970s. There are now a little over half as many Least Flycatchers as there once were. As such, Partners in Flight lists them as a Common Bird in Steep Decline. More research is needed to better understand the causes of this decline, but factors affecting the structure and health of forests probably play an important role. (snip)

Let’s talk about US aircraft losses and what it means….

Let’s talk about Hegseth and Trump ousting the Army Chief of Staff….

Comics & Shorts

(A comic, and some shorts. I thought I had more comics!) Some current event related, some simple humor, some both. And dancing!

Bye Bye Bondi

Pam Bondi has been fired

Clay Jones

There were a lot of reasons to fire Pam Bondi as United States Attorney General, but Donald Trump picked a bad one.

Bondi was never qualified for the job, which was the second choice after Matt Gaetz, who would have been another ridiculous choice. Bondi made it clear after the 2020 election that she didn’t need evidence to make legal claims, as she declared that Donald Trump was cheated out of that race. She had been in his pocket ever since he bribed her in the 2000s not to investigate Trump University in Florida, when she was the state’s Attorney General.

After Bondi misled the country about her initial disclosures in the Jeffrey Epstein case, Congress responded by passing a law forcing the Justice Department to release its files on the pedophile and his allies. (snip-MORE; click on the title above)

The Drumpf Family Theme Song

Based on The Addams Family…

Frosty McGillicuddy

They’re greedy and they’re dummies

Drumpf’s face looks like a mummy’s

The opposite of yummy

The Drumpfy Family

Don Junior loves his cocaine

And Eric is a no-brain

They’re syphillitic, insane

The Drumpfy Family

Chum

Numb

And dumb

So hide beneath the covers

And find yourself a lover

Don’t be a MAGA sucker

The Drumpfy Family!

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Over $84,000 Raised So Far For Tennessee Librarian Fired For Refusing To Remove LGBTQ-Themed Books

Over $84,000 Raised So Far For Tennessee Librarian Fired For Refusing To Remove LGBTQ-Themed Books

Nashville’s NBC affiliate reports:

The library director who was fired for refusing to relocate LGBTQ children’s books has garnered substantial community support, with people donating over $84,000 to help her as she navigates the loss of her job. A GoFundMe launched by a community member says that the fundraiser for Luanne James is going “directly toward supporting her family’s basic living expenses during this time.”

James was the director of the Rutherford County Library until the board voted to fire her last week. The termination came after she refused to move 132 children’s books to another section of the library because the LGBTQ themes were deemed inappropriate for children. James said that she “had no choice” but to refuse the board’s request to move the books. She said that she believes librarians are being politicized and that “is not what we signed up for.”

Read the full article.

Check out the protest crowd in the video below!

 

 

 

Racist misogynists Kegseth is trying to make an all white male Christian military.

NBC News: Hegseth Has Blocked Promotions For Over A Dozen Black And Female Senior Officers In All Branches

NBC News reports:

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military, some of whom are seen as having been targeted because of their race, gender or perceived affiliation with Biden administration policies or officials, according to nine U.S. officials familiar with the process.

The process within the Army, the Air Force, the Navy and the Marines is structured to ensure the most qualified officers get promoted. Hegseth’s decision to intervene in the process has raised concerns among some officials within those military branches and the White House, the nine U.S. officials familiar with the situation said.

“There is not a single service that has been immune to this level of involvement by Hegseth,” one of the U.S. officials said. Two of the officials said there are concerns in the military and the White House specifically that Hegseth is blocking or stalling some qualified officers from receiving promotions through the ranks of general and admiral because of their race or gender as he targets diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at the Pentagon.

Read the full article.

https://x.com/NBCNews/status/2039868459773808648?s=20

WaPo: Hegseth Has Forced Out Two More Top Generals

The Washington Post reports:

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked the Army’s top officer to step down and retire, defense officials said Thursday, an extraordinary move amid the war with Iran and the latest in a series of clashes between the Pentagon chief and the service’s senior leadership.

Gen. Randy George had been expected to hold the job of Army chief of staff for more than another year, until the fall of 2027, and complete what is typically a four-year assignment as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. But Hegseth decided to go in another direction, representatives for the defense secretary said.

Two other Army generals were removed along with George, said two defense officials, who like some others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the shake-up. They are Gen. David Hodne, who became the head of the service’s Training and Transformation Command in October, and Maj. Gen. William Green Jr., the chief of Army chaplains.

Read the full article. We can guess why the chief of Army chaplains has been removed.

 

Here’s one egregious example I just read about this morning in The Bulwark, concerning a Black, female major general. Not surprising. Still appalling.

“A few months earlier, Gen. George and [Army Secretary Dan] Driscoll had refused to accede to demands from Hegseth’s office to block the scheduled promotion of Maj. Gen. Antoinette R. Gant to take command of the Military District of Washington. The Washington District commander appears alongside the president at ceremonial functions in the D.C. area, for example at Arlington National Cemetery. Hegseth’s chief of staff reportedly told Driscoll that Trump would not want to stand next to a black female officer at military events.”

The article did not say whether Gant’s promotion ultimately went through.

Ron remembered something I had long forgotten.

Due to the Stephen Miller pogrom against anyone not white and the red states wanting to prove they are more maga than everyone else, but really it is just about how very unpopular Republican policies are that they are on a restrict voting to republicans only drive.  I have been talking about how I would need a passport to vote.

Ron has been pushing for us to get passports and has been looking into it.  One of the things he read was if you had a prior passport all the massive amount of information wouldn’t be needed.  Ron told me he remembered I had a passport.  I told him I had to have a red diplomatic passport due to the sensitive nature of my military job but I had to return it when I left the military.  

He said Scottie you have an old blue passport. I said, Really?.  Yes I remember seeing it he replied.  The more he talked the more it jogged my memory and I did remember having a blue passport.  I was not sure if I needed it to go to Germany or if it was issued after I turned in the red one. I had forgotten about all of this.  But Ron is excellent at keeping our files and he remembered it.  The thing that is a problem is that my passport has my prior to marriage name.  But Ron says it is better to have this as the needed paperwork is not needed.  I hope so.  I am so tired these days.  Ron is worried.  Normally I jump out of bed at 3 or 4 and an charged up for the day.  I am barely able to drag my self out of bed now at 5 and I am going to bed early.  

Right now the cat screams at me to get up and feed him.  I fell into a deep sleep last night and Ron got up and made his side of the bed and went out to the livingroom. Normally I hear Ron’s every move and wake up and if needed talk to him. But an hour later the cat was upset I was not up came to the bedroom and howled until I woke up.  Then he got on the bed and purred. Ron claims he never heard him.  But I got up and went to my office with the cat following me.  I sat at my desk and Tupac jumped up on the desk on his towel and purred madly happy to have his desk time with me.  

But this being so tired and going back to bed more often during the day and sleeping not just resting my back, is upsetting to me. I have been getting up early like 3 or 4 am and going to bed between 7 or 8 pm most of my life unless required to not do it.  I would jump out of bed so energetic it would upset Ron and his sister laughed at how when she visited every time she got up I was already up.  Now I am so tired Ron can get up and out of the bed get dressed and not wake me.  When I do get up I feel I am dragging my body along.  I have no energy to even think. Something has changed in my body and it scares me at how hard this shift has been.  My doctor did not seem concerned about the blood results, saying since I have struggled with anemia before, it is likely I am facing it again making me tired. Plus there is the stress I am under.  He did mention a screening for colon cancer and that asked if I struggled with depression.  His nurse came in an asked me a bunch of questions resulting in the fact that I struggle with depression more than 2 days a week.  He said he will have me check the results in 3 months and then he will go at it because by then my stress should be decreased.  Hugs