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The Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling hands the U.S. economy a $7.7 trillion win

Good morning. I was moderating a discussion about AI and the American Dream at the Aspen Ideas Festival yesterday with executives from Edward Jones and Gallup when the Supreme Court released its decision affirming the 14th Amendment right of children born on U.S. soil to claim citizenship, regardless of their parents’ status. Many of the leaders I’ve spoken to see it as a win for business, as research published by the Center for Migration Studies estimates that beneficiaries will contribute $7.7 trillion to the U.S. economy over their lifetimes and $438 billion between 2025 and 2029 alone. Had the Supreme Court upheld Trump’s executive order , Penn State researchers estimate that 255,000 people born in the U.S. each year would be denied citizenship and the rights that it brings. (H-1B work visa and L-1 visa (for employees transferred from abroad) visa holders would have been impacted, along with undocumented workers.) And how does that link back to the American Dream? Turns out U.S. immigrants are significantly more optimistic about the country and happier than the general population. And Gallup CEO Jon Clifton points out that a record 79% of U.S. adults now view immigration as a good thing for the country. With Gallup finding employee engagement and happiness at record lows, Clifton also notes that AI offers a much-needed opportunity to transform the workplace and work. One other point that I discussed with Clifton and Edward Jones CEO Penny Pennington is the importance of financial fulfillment. India’s NIFTY 50 was up 0.72%. Meet the only Black woman chair of the board in the Fortune 500 by Emma Hinchliffe Dell’s AI boom is real, but so is the profit margin hit nobody is pricing in by Mia Osmonbekov Gen Z and millennials aren’t convinced the American Dream exists anymore: Only 40% of them can afford to buy a home by Tristan Bove Stripe, Visa and over 140 other businesses to launch stablecoin to rival Tether and Circle by Camila Grigera Naón Remote-first fintech giant Revolut is making the office compulsory for new Gen Z grads—and they’ll earn flexibility like their peers after one year by Emma Burleigh CEO Daily is curated and edited by Joseph Abrams, Jason Ma, Claire Zillman, and Lee Clifford.

General U.S. News2h ago

A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification

In its term that ended last October, the Supreme Court passed an important milestone that went unnoticed: For the first time, it decided more cases by secret ballot, and with few signed opinions, than it did for cases argued in open court. The Supreme Court’s increased willingness to bypass its regular process has empowered President Donald Trump at the same time as the administration has increased use of executive authority. The outcomes have been consequential: The high court has used the process to limit federal courts from issuing nationwide injunctions and diminished Congress’ authority over federal agencies, and it has allowed for the detention of American citizens by immigration agents . Representatives from the Supreme Court did not respond to a detailed list of questions. President Trump will not stop implementing the America First initiatives on which he was elected.” There are two ways to get a decision from the Supreme Court. The other is to petition the justices directly via the emergency docket — to freeze a lower court ruling or government policy while the case goes through appeal. The modern shadow docket was born in 2016 when the Supreme Court issued an emergency stay against President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, experts say. Protests erupted nationwide, and the Senate held a hearing on the shadow docket. Until this past Supreme Court term, emergency applications fluctuated year to year but showed no clear upward trend. Three months later, the Supreme Court voted to allow immigration agents to stop people based on racial or ethnic characteristics while still-ongoing litigation against it proceeded.

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A federal law bans late voter roll purges. Republicans are pushing to reinterpret it

People stand near a voter registration table at a 2022 event in Fredericksburg, Texas. Congress passed this ban on late mass purges to make sure any eligible voters who mistakenly get caught up in a purge have enough time to resolve issues and cast their ballots. Much of that uncertainty is the result of a brief, unexplained ruling the Supreme Court's conservative majority made before the 2024 election, allowing a Virginia program for removing suspected noncitizens to continue during that year's quiet period. On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to the Republican National Committee's request to take up an Arizona-based case that could narrow the quiet period's scope. Mi Familia Vota , which also touches on an Arizona requirement for U.S. citizenship documents when registering to vote, is not expected until next year. Still, the Supreme Court's conservative majority allowed the purge to continue — with no explanation. "This is part of what has come to be known as the 'shadow docket,' " explains Dan Tokaji, dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School, referring to the short emergency orders the Supreme Court often issues to pause lower court rulings. Still, Tokaji says the Supreme Court's 2024 ruling that sided with that program leaves open questions about what the high court would allow states to do during this year's quiet period. Circuit Court of Appeals that found individualized removal programs would not be banned during the quiet period. "If a state runs a database search that identifies thousands of voters using the same criteria, is that really individualized?" says Edobor, who co-wrote a University of Richmond Law Review article about Virginia's voter removal program.

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The Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling hands the U.S. economy a $7.7 trillion win

A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification

A federal law bans late voter roll purges. Republicans are pushing to reinterpret it