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Far-Left Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson left many Americans scratching their heads after offering a bizarre analogy involving… stealing a wallet in Japan.
During oral arguments in the landmark case tied to President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship, Jackson attempted to redefine the concept of “allegiance” under the 14th Amendment, using a hypothetical crime committed abroad.
The exchange occurred during a discussion on the 14th Amendment and the definition of being “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States
In the warped world of the radical left, being subject to criminal prosecution is now the same thing as the “allegiance” required for birthright citizenship.
Jackson laid out a convoluted hypothetical involving a trip to Japan.
Her argument? If she steals a wallet in Tokyo and gets arrested, she is suddenly “owing allegiance” to the Japanese sovereign.
“If I steal someone’s wallet in Japan, the Japanese authorities can arrest me and prosecute me. It’s allegiance, meaning can they control you as a matter of law?” Jackson posited. “So there’s this relationship based on even though I’m a temporary traveler… I’m still locally owing allegiance in that sense.”
If the mere ability of a state to prosecute a crime constitutes “allegiance,” then the word has lost all meaning. Allegiance is a bond of loyalty to a nation; it is the commitment to defend its laws and its borders. It is not, as Jackson suggests, a “relationship” formed when a pickpocket gets caught in a Tokyo subway or here in America.
Cecillia Wang, an attorney for the far-left ACLU, was quick to jump on the bandwagon, replying, “That’s absolutely right, Justice Jackson.”
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The American people are tired of these Ivy League word games. Allegiance is earned through loyalty and legal process, not by committing petty theft in a foreign land.
Justice Jackson’s “wallet” theory isn’t just bizarre; it’s an insult to every legal citizen who actually knows what it means to owe allegiance to the United States of America.
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