On Friday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) discussed the birthright citizenship ruling by the Supreme Court and said that Democratic justices wouldn’t vote with Republicans against a Democratic priority, “But our justices, originalists, try to see it, and they interpret it, but they don’t get political about it.” And “So Roberts and Barrett should have understood that this is an issue that they cannot join the Democrats on, because it would never happen if it were the other way.”
Patrick said the ruling “was a bad decision by Justices Barrett and Roberts, a terrible decision. They didn’t need to go there. There was plenty of room within the Constitution to stop it. But, for whatever reason, they went against their own Republicans. Look, here’s a great question: If the court was 6-3 Democrats to Republicans or 5-4, would the Democrat justices ever cross over and vote with the few Republicans to kill a priority for the Democrats? Of course they wouldn’t. But our justices, originalists, try to see it, and they interpret it, but they don’t get political about it. And — but the Democrats, it’s all politics for them. So Roberts and Barrett should have understood that this is an issue that they cannot join the Democrats on, because it would never happen if it were the other way.”
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