April 6, 2026

JONATHAN TURLEY: We might need to amend the Constitution.

In my Supreme Court class, I call this a “default case” in which justices tend to run home. When a record or the law is uncertain, conservative justices tend to avoid expansive, new interpretations. That was precisely what Trump said he wanted in nominees.

These justices are not being “disloyal” to him, but rather loyal to what they view as the meaning of the Constitution. I have at times disagreed with their view of the law, but I have never questioned their integrity.

None of this means we should accept the expected outcome in this case as the final word on birthright citizenship. Justice Robert Jackson once observed that he and his colleagues “are not final because we are infallible, we are infallible because we are final.”

The final word actually rests with the public. We can amend the Constitution to join most of the world in barring birthright citizenship. There is no more important question in a republic than the definition of citizenship.

We are becoming a virtual mockery as we watch millions game the birthright citizenship system. China alone has hundreds of tourism firms that have made fortunes in arranging for Chinese citizens to come to U.S. territory to give birth and then return home.

No republic can last without controlling its borders and the qualifications for citizenship. We have allowed U.S. citizenship to become a mere commodity for the most affluent or unscrupulous among us.

One way or another, that has to change.

Posted at 1:44 pm by Stephen Green

CHRISTIAN TOTO: ‘SNL’ Audience Cheers Trump Assassination Joke.

Once upon a time, we frowned upon wishing death on a sitting president.

Kathy Griffin’s career collapsed in 2017 after she shared an image of her holding President Donald Trump’s bloody head aloft, ISIS style.

That same year, actor Johnny Depp apologized after suggesting it’s time for another actor to kill a president, a Lincoln-Trump gag that landed badly.

That was then. Now?

Griffin wears that bloody image like a badge of honor. And “Saturday Night Live” not only joked about Trump’s possible death last night, but the show’s far-Left audience celebrated the crack.

This isn’t shocking. It’s the new, ghoulish normal.

Weekend Update co-anchor Michael Che noted that President Trump attended a showing of the Broadway musical “Chicago” this week.

“What’s the worst that could happen?” Che said, alluding to actor John Wilkes Booth’s infamous act.

Wild, sustained applause and cheers ensued. Not laughs, mind you. Cheers. Co-host Colin Jost couldn’t have smiled any wider at the crowd’s reaction to the Trump assassination joke.

That this joke aired also shows how badly NBC’s Standards and Practices Department have slipped. In their 1986 book Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live, Doug Hill and Jeff Weingrad wrote that about the time of the show’s second or third season writers Al Franken (yes, the same) and Tom Davis attempted to write an assassination sketch, only to be rejected by one of NBC’s censors:

A similar idea F&D had that never made it on the air was a David Susskind talk show featuring four guests who wanted to assassinate Ted Kennedy. Dan Aykroyd was to play a twisted character who lived over a muffler shop. “He’ll know me when he sees me,” was one of his lines. Garrett Morris was a man who had been dishonorably discharged from the Army and wanted to kill not only Kennedy but also the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Gilda Radner had seen Kennedy on TV and thought he was the Devil. F&D were invited to Herminio Traviesas’s office to discuss the sketch.

“I don’t believe you guys wrote this,” Travie told them. “Usually when I see the things you write they’re at least funny, but I don’t see what’s funny about this.”

F&D thought the piece was hilarious and explained its point: “It’s about how much insanity there is, about how stupid and out of control it all is.”

At length Travie began to concede the humor, but he still refused to let it on. “Suppose we air it and Kennedy gets shot next week?” he said. “If anything could ever get NBC closed down, that would be it. And this might increase the chance of that happening.”

It was F&D’s turn to concede the point, and they left the office.

As Toto concludes, today’s SNL audiences “are cheering on death, assassination dreams and arson. Hope Lorne Michaels and co. are proud of what they helped build.”

And I hope NBC’s censors are proud of the material they’re signing off on these days.

Posted at 1:35 pm by Ed Driscoll

NOT ANTIWAR, JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE:

Posted at 1:27 pm by Stephen Green

GOOD QUESTION: Why is Kweisi Mfume Funneling $245K in Federal Funds to Johns Hopkins for Gun Locks That Are Already Available for Free? “But maybe the prospect of the Bloomberg School, that’s named for America’s most prominent gun-grabber, handing out locks provided by the gun industry is more than anyone at Johns Hopkins can handle. Better, then, to have taxpayers foot the bill, right? Besides, the school has demonstrated that they’re more than happy to hoover up as many federal tax dollars as they can to further the cause of civilian disarmament.”

Or maybe the money went somewhere else — who knows?

Posted at 12:42 pm by Stephen Green

RIGHT?

Posted at 12:39 pm by Glenn Reynolds

60 MINUTES: Steve Kroft ‘Hated’ Working for CBS Newsmagazine, He Says.

60 Minutes has been rocked by tumult recently, with high-profile talent shakeups and the $16 million parent company Paramount agreed to pay to Donald Trump last summer to settle a lawsuit regarding the newsmagazine.

When asked about the atmosphere at 60 Minutes during his July 2025 appearance on The Daily Show, Kroft said, “Devastating’s a good word. I think there’s a lot of fear over there. Fear of losing their job, fear of what’s happening to the country, fear of losing the First Amendment, all of those things.”

The “fear of losing the First Amendment” is pure hyperbole; beyond that 60 Minutes’ tumult hasn’t been just “recently.”

Posted at 12:30 pm by Ed Driscoll

ERIC FLORACK: The Islamic Immigrant Problem. “The fact is that the biggest immigration problem for both Europe and the U.S. currently is Islam. The statement is clearly established fact now. There’s no getting around it.”

Posted at 12:11 pm by Stephen Green

THEY’RE LIKE AN ABUSIVE SPOUSE:

Posted at 12:09 pm by Glenn Reynolds

TO BE FAIR THEY’RE IN THE PROCESS OF AIRBRUSHING BIDEN OUT OF HISTORY:

Posted at 12:01 pm by Glenn Reynolds

BASED HOLLYWOOD MADE GOOD MOVIES THAT WERE GOOD FOR THE CULTURE:

Posted at 11:54 am by Stephen Green

DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: Gun rights restrictions moving right along in Colorado legislature.

A series of gun rights restrictions are at various stages in the Colorado’s legislative process, with some bills awaiting action by Gov. Polis, others still in the committee process, and a heavily negotiated gun barrel regulation bill held up in its final reading in the House.
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Senate Bill 26-004 ‘Expand List of Petitioners for Protection Orders’ passed third reading in the House on March 20 with a 39-24 vote and is awaiting action by Gov. Polis.

The Democrat sponsored bill dramatically expands those eligible to file for an Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) under Colorado’s so-called ‘red flag’ law, to include teachers, health care providers and “institutional petitioners.’
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Under existing Colorado law, Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) must also have a state permit to sell firearms. House Bill 26-1126 requires dealers to obtain a separate permit to transfer forearms. The bill also extends dealer training requirements and prior license violation laws to ‘responsible persons’ of the dealer. This includes anyone who handles, sells, or has access to a firearm as part of their business duties.
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House Bill 26-1302 would allow the Colorado Bureau of investigations (CBI) to determine their own hours of operation, rather than functioning every calendar day for 12 hours. Gun rights advocates worry this could lead to a slowdown in transmitting background checks for firearm purchases.
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House Bill 26-1144 prohibits the 3D printing of firearms and firearm components. The final bill was watered down to appease Gov. Polis, with a provision to criminalize the selling or distributing of the digital instructions to 3D print a firearm removed.
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Democrat sponsored Senate Bill 26-043 ‘Record Keeping and Regulation of Sale of Firearm Barrels,’ requires all firearm barrel sales or transfers to be conducted in person, only by a federally licensed (FFL) dealer. The bill criminalizes private or online firearm barrel transactions, or any non-FFL with the ‘intent to offer or sell’ a barrel.

This is what happens when Democrats take over.

Posted at 11:40 am by Stephen Green

ALSO, IT’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL:

Plus, a reminder that too much is never enough… to get anything done.

Posted at 9:55 am by Stephen Green

AS GOD AND SAM HOUSTON INTENDED: Texas continues cutting services for illegal immigrants.

A report by the Texas Tribune detailed the steps taken, which include tightening eligibility requirements for occupational licenses, restricting access to commercial driver’s licenses, and limiting who can qualify for in-state tuition at public universities. According to the report, more than 6,400 refugees and DACA recipients have lost their commercial driver’s licenses. Additional restrictions are expected to affect noncitizens working in licensed industries such as construction and medicine.

State officials are also examining the 1982 Supreme Court ruling Plyler v. Doe, which requires public schools to educate noncitizens.

“Benefits, licenses, and taxpayer-funded services should not be used to incentivize unlawful presence at the expense of hardworking Texans,” a spokesperson for Governor Greg Abbott said in a statement. “These steps ensure compliance with federal law, protect the integrity of our systems, and prioritize jobs and resources for legal residents and citizens.”

The efforts, however, have been met with backlash by activists.

Ignore them and move on.

Posted at 9:36 am by Stephen Green

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Corrupt Legacy Media Hacks Are Stepping on Rakes All Over the Place. “President Trump is just fine, by the way. It’s his haters who are sick in their heads. This idiocy is really a lot to take after four years of the media commies pretending that the doddering idiot Joe Biden was the picture of mental and physical fitness. I’ve lost count of how many health crises they’ve concocted out of the ether in the past year regarding the president.”

Posted at 9:05 am by Stephen Green

SEDUCTIVE AI:

In fact, I literally address this phenomenon in my Seductive AI, coming out from Encounter Books in less than a month.

Posted at 9:00 am by Glenn Reynolds