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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case That Could End Birthright Citizenship (truthout.org)
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[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This argument is just one of definitions. One of you is talking about practical authority and the other is talking about theoretical authority under a given system of rules.

The rules of chess say a bishop only moves diagonally, but if the person you’re playing against pulls a gun on you and says they’ll move it wherever they want, it doesn’t do much good to say “but you can’t do that”.