By
Ed Kilgore,
political columnist for Intelligencer since 2015
Justice Alito showing no signs of retiring.
When the current U.S. Supreme Court terms ends it may be remembered as a moment when an otherwise subservient conservative majority finally drew a line by denying the Trump administration’s bid to end “birthright citizenship.” If that case goes as expected, the president’s outspokenly nativist policy chief, Stephen Miller, may weep bitter tears over his hopes of radically restricting legal immigration being dashed.
