House Speaker Mike Johnson reacts to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on birthright citizenship, saying he is "very disappointed" with the outcome and warning it creates "serious challenges" for the country. Johnson argued the constitutional provision has been "grossly abused" in recent years and said Congress may now have to step in.
What does the ruling mean for birthright citizenship? Could Congress change immigration laws? Watch the full breakdown of Johnson's reaction, the Supreme Court's decision, and the political battle over the 14th Amendment.
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00:00The last case has not come down.
00:02Oh, oh, that's right. Sorry, that's right.
00:03Yeah, okay, look, yes, as a constitutional lawyer, I've got lots of opinions on this.
00:07Okay, I understand what the framers did, and when we added this to our constitutional order,
00:13I understood what the intent was.
00:16I do think, I think anybody...
00:18It just came down.
00:20The decision is children born in the United States, parents unlawfully or temporarily present,
00:24are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and are citizens at birth
00:28under the 14th Amendment citizenship clause.
00:31What's your reaction to that, Mr. Speaker?
00:36Well, I need to read the opinion, okay?
00:39But obviously that's, I mean, you could say that's a textualist, originalist view.
00:45However, I do think that this has been grossly abused in recent years, okay?
00:51And that is the case that was being made by the plaintiffs in case,
00:57and we are very sympathetic to that because it is a serious problem.
01:01We have, you know, it's become a tourism, birthing tourism, they call it, you know, a trend,
01:07where people will just come, and you just come onto the soil and have your child,
01:10and then they're able to avail themselves of the welfare state and everything else.
01:15It's been abused.
01:16It's one of those things that was intended to serve a noble and important purpose and has been thwarted and
01:23overused and abused.
01:25And so I'm sure that we'll continue to look at that.
01:27I mean, I'm sure the conclusion from this opinion is going to be that you've got to have a, you've
01:32got to amend the Constitution to fix that.
01:34As we all know, it's a big challenge to amend the Constitution.
01:38It's only happened 27 times in our whole nation's history.
01:41And the reason is because you've got to have two-thirds of both chambers of Congress and three-fourths of
01:45the states to ratify.
01:47It's usually, you know, at least a many years-long process and very complicated.
01:52We'll see.
01:52I'm sure there's going to be lots of discussion about that.
01:54I will say I'm very disappointed in that outcome.
01:56I think it subjects the country to serious challenges going forward and we'll have to deal with it as Congress.
02:02Well, good morning, everybody.
02:04This is a great day, great week to be an American, to celebrate the greatest nation in the history of
02:09the world.
02:10And it's not even close.
02:11And you all hear me remind us of that all the time.
02:14The most free, most successful, most powerful, most benevolent nation that has ever been on planet Earth.
02:20America is back right now and there are so many reasons to be excited and to celebrate with your family
02:25and friends.
02:25Celebrate freedom.
02:27Celebrate the great blessings we have to be in this country, the greatest on the planet.
02:31We've got challenges, of course.
02:33We're working through those every day.
02:34But there is no reason not to celebrate.
02:37There is no reason to be depressed in any way.
02:41We recognize 250 years is still an experiment.
02:44We're still a grand experiment in self-governance.
02:47In 1776, the founders came together and they boldly proclaimed a self-evident truth.
02:52We call it the nation's creed.
02:53It's like a statement of faith.
02:55And they said right in the second paragraph of the Declaration, which we celebrate this weekend, we hold these truths
03:00to be self-evident.
03:01And what is a self-evident truth?
03:03Is something that's obvious?
03:04We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.
03:07And I always pause there and say, note that it doesn't say born equal.
03:10It says created equal by God.
03:14And that it is God, our creator, who gives us our inalienable rights, that among those the rights of life,
03:18liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
03:19That statement was so revolutionary when it was made, when Jefferson wrote it on behalf of a small committee of
03:25founders, including Franklin and Adams.
03:27And they came up with that precise language.
03:30They were very careful in how they articulated that.
03:32They wanted to make this bold proclamation of something that was obviously true.
03:37And we are the stewards of that great foundational principle and truth.
03:41It means that everybody's made equally, created equally.
03:45It means that we all have, we strive for equality of opportunity.
03:49It means that every single person has an estimable dignity and value because our creator made us in his image.
03:54The men that wrote that understood it from scripture.
03:56That is what made America exceptional.
03:58That's what set us on the path to be the great nation that we are.
04:02One nation under God.
04:04Now, all of you know, because you've been in the chamber a lot, because you cover us.
04:08If we were there, we walked over there right now, one of the first things you notice, if we come
04:12in the door where members come in,
04:13is that inscription of the national motto right above the speaker's rostrum.
04:17And if you look in the visitor's guide, it says the people's guide, visitor's guide of the people's house.
04:24It's a beautiful publication they published some years back.
04:27We still hand it out full color on page 21.
04:30It talks about why the motto is above the speaker's head and when it was placed there.
04:36And it says there it was placed in 1962 by Congress as a rebuke to the Soviets philosophy during the
04:43Cold War.
04:44What was the Soviets philosophy? Marxism and its deviations, communism.
04:50Marxism, socialism, communism begin with the premise that there is no God.
04:55And Congress saw fit in the early sixties to make sure that we put that right there above the head
05:00of the speaker,
05:01because every member of Congress has to face that podium every single day, and they wanted future generations of Americans,
05:08and certainly those elected to represent the people, to remember what distinguishes America,
05:13that we are defined by our national creed, the foundational principle that set us on course to be so great.
05:20Now here's what we face right now, surreal as it is.
05:23On the anniversary of the country, we have an open contest right now between the Marxist and communists and the
05:32Americans.
05:32Now we've been saying for months that this is setting up, this midterm will be a contrast election.
05:37We've been saying a contrast between common sense and crazy.
05:41And now you can add another line there, it's common sense versus communism, because that's what's happening in the Democrat
05:48Party.
05:48The insurgent left is taking it over.
05:50I don't need to recount all the developments, even over the last week for the people in this room,
05:54because you cover it minute by minute.
05:56But that is the contest that is shaping up.
05:58And so we're very sober minded about this.
06:00A country that undermines its own foundations and founding principles does not survive.
06:06And the founders were very articulate also in their personal letters and their private correspondence
06:10and the things they gave down, the advice they gave that echoes down through the generations to you and me,
06:16as stewards of this grand experiment.
06:18They didn't know how long it was going to last.
06:19I can tell you one thing, though, the father of our country, George Washington,
06:22in his famous farewell address, which we read on the floor each year in the Senate
06:26and now in the House on the anniversary of his birthday,
06:30he gave all the advice that echoes down through the generations to all of us, his countrymen,
06:35and how to keep the republic an experiment that had never been done before in history.
06:40And he said, you know, watch out for national debt.
06:43We're working on that right now.
06:44Okay.
06:45Watch out for too many foreign alliances.
06:47That's become a problem sometimes.
06:49It says, make sure that you don't get into factionalism regionally or by political parties.
06:54We didn't follow all that either.
06:57But what he said was he said, but you know what, almost as a summary statement,
07:01of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, he wrote,
07:06religion and morality are indispensable supports.
07:09Again, echoing this common theme that we recognize that our rights do not come from a king or a government.
07:15They come from God himself.
07:17And it is to him that we owe our ultimate responsibility.
07:20That's what we're fighting for.
07:21And the insurgent left that hates America, hates our founding principles.
07:25They hate the idea of borders and prisons.
07:29They even want to remove the president and the Supreme Court in the latest
07:32Democrat Socialists of America little platform statement that you should be covering.
07:37Very dangerous stuff.
07:39Yeah, they wipe their hands on the American flag.
07:41Yes, many of them have ties to terrorist organizations.
07:43You can't make this stuff up.
07:45We're no longer in a battle just between Republicans and Democrats arguing over marginal tax rates
07:49or the size of regulation.
07:50This election and this year and the arguments and the things that are happening in Congress
07:54right now is a contrast between people who love the country and its founding principles
08:00and those who have open disdain and hatred for them.
08:04They want to tear America down.
08:06They want to tear down Western civilization.
08:08And it's not going to happen on our watch.
08:10So today, we're working.
08:12We're going to pass a rule today.
08:14We'll set up a National Defense Authorization Act.
08:16We will invest properly, appropriately, responsibly in America's national defense again.
08:22Our policies reflect that.
08:24We've got a pay raise to our troops that's overdue, another five to seven percent.
08:27We will advance 65 of President Trump's priorities and executive orders in legislation.
08:34We will do the things that are necessary to make sure we maintain our status as the great
08:39superpower, the remaining superpower on the planet.
08:42It is absolutely essential that we do that for a couple of reasons.
08:46Number one, Reagan used to remind us.
08:48You hear me say all the time, freedom is not passed along in the bloodstream.
08:52It's got to be fought for, protected, taught, passed along in the next generation.
08:56Or else they won't have the same liberty and opportunity and security that we have known.
09:00And America is the leader of the world.
09:02We are the beacon of freedom.
09:04The Capitol building, one of the most recognized symbols on all the planet.
09:07Because that Capitol dome represents liberty.
09:12It represents freedom.
09:14It represents the great nation.
09:15We will not sacrifice that now.
09:17We will double down.
09:18We will celebrate on July 4th, on our nation's grand birthday, the semi-quincentennial.
09:24And we will advance those principles further.
09:27We will win the midterms.
09:28The Republicans will stay in charge.
09:29And we will continue to advance great policy like Beth recounted, the working families
09:35tax cut, that we celebrate the one-year anniversary of July 4th.
09:38And so many other things.
09:40Over 700 pieces of legislation that have passed through the House.
09:43Over 100 executive orders codified already.
09:45And there is more to come.
09:46We have much more to do.
09:48America's back.
09:49You should celebrate all the great things it is to be an American.
09:52I'll take it first.
09:53Mr. Speaker.
09:53Mr. Speaker.
09:54Good morning.
09:55What was the obligation of Tom Kane Jr. to his constituents about his health during
10:00this prolonged absence?
10:01Could he have said something to them?
10:04I understand Tom has given a speech on the floor this hour.
10:08I don't know exactly what he said.
10:09But I hope that he was fully transparent as I encouraged him, you know, many times over
10:14the last few months to be.
10:16Should he have been more upfront in that interregnum?
10:19What did he say?
10:20Did he tell what his...
10:22He hasn't said anything.
10:23Okay.
10:23All right.
10:23Well, then I...
10:24He had four months to do that.
10:26He did.
10:27And I encourage him to be transparent.
10:29Because what you will find when he does the speech, whenever that happens today, is
10:33that there's no conspiracy involved in this at all.
10:35There's nothing scandalous at all.
10:37He has a health condition, as he said.
10:39If it were me, I would have been more specific about that.
10:42And I encouraged him to be.
10:43He will today.
10:44But it will be understandable to you.
10:46It's not an uncommon kind of condition and ailment that he's been fighting.
10:51And I think people resonate with it.
10:53I think he'll get a lot of empathy because it's something that's very, very common.
10:57So I encourage him to come back.
10:59I'll say this about my colleague.
11:01He is a genuinely good man.
11:02He comes from a long line of valiant public service.
11:07His family is very well known for their service.
11:10And he's a person of integrity.
11:12And I think he'll address this with the integrity and the character that he's always shown us as a great
11:17team player, a patriot, a faithful public servant.
11:20He's missed some votes, but he's still been working as he was able, as he explained.
11:24His staff's been working overtime, I know, because they're in constant contact with mine.
11:28And I think his constituents have been served throughout this process.
11:32We're all human.
11:33People get ailments.
11:34People have to fight cancer and terminal diseases and all sorts of other maladies.
11:39But they're still the duly elected representatives.
11:42They do their best in those trying times.
11:44And I think the American people understand that.
11:45I think Tom gets reelected easily this fall.
11:48And he'll be back.
11:50And he'll be back in full health.
11:51And he'll continue to do what he's been doing his whole career.
11:53Mr. Speaker.
11:54How you have a bunch of issues, as you alluded to on this rule.
12:00And there's this Delphi pension situation that Mike Turner said you were for, said the president was for, and then
12:07it was made out of what was not made in order in the Rules Committee.
12:11What's your plan on that?
12:12Well, on the Delphi thing, we ran into a point of order problem, a rule problem, because the way it
12:17was presented, it was, not to get too deep in the weeds, but it was appropriated on an authorizing measure.
12:25And that's always been subject to a point of order and a problem.
12:31Mike Turner is earnestly trying to get this problem solved for this handful, not handful, it's a significant number of
12:37employees of the former Delphi Corporation that had their pensions rated under the Barack Obama administration.
12:43And we're anxiously trying to get a solution to that.
12:47So I certainly understand and appreciate his zeal.
12:50There were hundreds of amendments filed to the NDAA.
12:52Many of them were not made in order because they were either not germane to the underlying bill or they
12:58had a point of order they were subject to or it was in the jurisdiction of another committee.
13:01And we've been very insistent since we returned to the majority back in 2023 that anything that goes on the
13:08NDAA, I think logically, obviously, must be directly related to defense spending and within the jurisdiction of House Armed Services
13:16Committee.
13:16And that's a rule that we've maintained consistently across the board.
13:19So we're working on that, a number of issues.
13:22Of course, people get grumpy sometimes when their amendments are not made in order on a big bill like that.
13:28But we addressed it in conference this morning.
13:30We reminded everybody of the rule.
13:31We have to be intellectually consistent about this and we're going to work through those other issues.
13:36Now, with regard to the Save America Act, listen, I don't know how many times I can say this.
13:40As you all know, we've passed the Save America Act in one of its various forms three times in the
13:45House already.
13:45We will pass it again this week when the NDAA passes.
13:49The Save America Act, as passed in February unanimously by all Republicans, and that's components of the proof of citizenship
13:57to register to vote and voter ID when you show up to vote, that will be merged onto the NDAA
14:04and transmitted to the Senate as one bill.
14:07That's the most efficient, effective way to do it.
14:09There's no need to add an amendment to the NDAA.
14:11Let's just have the full bill that's still sitting there and has been transmitted to the Senate.
14:15Let's send it again but put it as part of something that we hope and believe will be a bipartisan
14:21vote in both chambers and that Democrats in the Senate will understand goodness as much as I may have disagreements
14:27with the current administration.
14:28It's probably important to pay the troops and fund national defense.
14:32I certainly hope that they understand that and maybe the Save Act makes it through in that vehicle.
14:37We're going to continue to do everything we can.
14:38I would pass the Save America Act every day in the House if I thought it would do any good.
14:44But we're going to be stacking them up over there.
14:46This will be the fourth iteration.
14:47And we're going to hope that the Senate will do the right thing.
14:49I've got to get a lady.
14:50Yes, second row.
14:51Hi.
14:51Do you have any opinion on the Supreme Court rulings that have been decided this morning?
14:56This morning?
14:57I've been busy since six...
14:59I haven't seen the ones this morning.
15:00They knocked down coordination limits.
15:01Yeah, they ruled on transgender athletes that states can pretty much...
15:06They can...
15:07Let me read.
15:08They can protect against discrimination solely on the basis of biological sex.
15:12Yeah, that sounds like the right result.
15:14That's common sense and I think what we expected.
15:17I can reference the opinions that came out yesterday.
15:20I had a quick time to review those at about 1 a.m. last night.
15:24And I can tell you that the one that we were really very disappointed in was the Watson case
15:29where they said, you know, this is...
15:31How long do you count mail-in ballots?
15:34California is destroying every American's faith in our election system by dragging this
15:40thing out and counting ballots for weeks on end after an election.
15:44It's absurd.
15:46And I think the court missed this one.
15:48It's 5-4.
15:49And I think it went the wrong way.
15:50And they said, well, you know, the states get to decide how to do that.
15:53Now, there is some question as whether we can tighten that statute and make another run
15:58at that so we're looking at that in detail.
16:00I'm going to make sure Congress does everything possible to ensure free and fair elections.
16:05Everything within our jurisdiction in every way possible.
16:07I can tell you every Republican in the Senate and the House is committed to that.
16:11And it is shocking and sad to me that Democrats refuse to vote for the most basic election
16:16integrity measures even to say that you have to be a citizen to vote in America.
16:22There are Democrats who will not vote for that.
16:24Even though it's already part of federal law.
16:25It's not enforced in the blue states.
16:27They will not vote for the enforcement of that.
16:29They will not vote on federal elections for you to have an ID when you show up to vote.
16:33That's a 90-10 public opinion issue.
16:36At least 80 in almost every survey.
16:39Everybody understands the common sense of that.
16:40Democrats won't help us.
16:41We've got to do it on our own.
16:44So, birthright citizenship, which as I speak, has not come down yet.
16:47But it helped hundreds of thousands of formerly enslaved people in Louisiana.
16:51Now, do you as a constitutional lawyer and representative to the descendants of some of the people
16:55who were enslaved agree with the president that it should be done away with?
16:59What was the...
16:59I missed the first part of the question.
17:01It helped hundreds of thousands.
17:02No, what was the...
17:02It has not come down yet.
17:03But do you agree with the president that it should be done away with?
17:05What has it come down?
17:06Birthright citizenship.
17:07The last case has not come down.
17:09Oh, birthright.
17:09Sorry.
17:10Birthright citizenship.
17:11Yeah.
17:11Okay.
17:11Look.
17:12Yes.
17:12As a constitutional lawyer, I've got lots of opinions on this.
17:14Okay.
17:15I understand what the framers did.
17:17And when we added this to our constitutional order, I understood what the intent was.
17:23I do think...
17:24I think anybody who looks at this...
17:26Oh, dear.
17:26What's your rule?
17:27That decision is, children born in the United States, parents unlawfully or temporarily
17:31present are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and are citizens at birth
17:35under the 14th Amendment citizenship clause.
17:38What's your reaction to that, Mr. Speaker?
17:43Well, I need to read the opinion.
17:45Okay?
17:46But obviously, that's...
17:47I mean, you could say that's a textualist, originalist view.
17:52However, I do think that this has been grossly abused in recent years.
17:58Okay?
17:59And that is the case that was being made by the plaintiffs in the case.
18:04And we're very sympathetic to that because it is a serious problem.
18:08We have, you know, it's become a tourism, birthing tourism, they call it, you know, a trend
18:14where people will just come and you just come onto the soil and have your child and then
18:18they're able to avail themselves of the welfare state and everything else.
18:22It's been abused.
18:23It's one of those things that was intended to serve a noble and important purpose and
18:28has been thwarted and overused and abused.
18:32And so, I'm sure that we'll continue to look at that.
18:34I mean, they...
18:36I'm sure the conclusion from this opinion is going to be that you've got to have a...
18:39you've got to amend the Constitution to fix that.
18:41As we all know, it's a big challenge to amend the Constitution.
18:45It's only happened 27 times in our whole nation's history.
18:48And the reason is because you've got to have two-thirds of the...
18:51both chambers of Congress and three-fourths of the states to ratify.
18:53It's usually, you know, at least a many years long process and very complicated.
18:59We'll see.
19:00I'm sure there's going to be lots of discussion about that.
19:01I will say I'm very disappointed in that outcome.
19:03I think it subjects the country to serious challenges going forward and we'll have to deal with it as a
19:08Congress.
19:08Last one.
19:09Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker.
19:11Yeah, front row.
19:11Sorry.
19:12On the housing bill, the President said yesterday that the housing bill is unimportant in his view compared to the
19:18Save America Act.
19:19I know you want to see the Save America Act pass, but do you share that view that the President
19:24said yesterday?
19:25He seemed a little bit dismissive of the bill.
19:28No, look at...
19:29In your conversations with him, are you confident that it will become law, that he will not veto it?
19:34And then, are Republicans missing out on that opportunity for him to sign a piece of legislation that you also
19:40described affordability as a big issue in the term elections?
19:43Yeah, it is.
19:44The President has a lot going on.
19:45And I think it's safe to say he's not read through every line of that piece of legislation.
19:50It's a lot to it and a lot of great things.
19:53And he and I have spoken about it quite a bit.
19:55He understands all the dynamics here, what he was saying and legislation.
19:59But what he was saying is, in comparison to ensuring election integrity, which is now represented by the Save America
20:05Act,
20:07nothing is as important because you cannot maintain a constitutional republic unless you have free and fair elections.
20:12The government of, by, and for the people is ultimately and foundationally dependent upon that.
20:17That's what the President is saying.
20:18We all agree with that.
20:20By the way, so to the American people.
20:21And that's not to say that there are not also incredibly important issues and the cost of living and affordability
20:28is among them.
20:29It's top of mind.
20:30I've spent six hours in the Oval Office just in the last few days.
20:34I think four hours on Thursday, over two hours yesterday.
20:37We talked about all this in great length.
20:38The President certainly understands the importance of affordable housing.
20:42As he's noted yesterday, he knows as much about housing as anybody because that, in many respects, was part of
20:48his portfolio and career.
20:50And he understands that we've got to reduce the age of the average first-time home buyer from in their
20:5540s to their early 30s and get back to some sensible market conditions.
21:00Now, he also points out that interest rates are a major factor in that, as we all know.
21:05Anytime there's a housing boom, there's lower interest rates and it spurs on that activity.
21:08But there are also input costs and the cost of construction and the barriers to entry.
21:13We address so much of that in this housing bill that we fought like warrior poets in the House to
21:19make sure it was good Republican policy in the end.
21:22And it cuts regulations.
21:23It reduces costs.
21:24It helps spur on construction and it gives more affordability and availability to more people.
21:28The President is 100% in favor of all that.
21:31It will become law.
21:33I've encouraged him that he should put the, you know, he has a big, bold signature, as you all know.
21:37And I said, sir, you should get the fattest black marker you have and sign your name really big on
21:41that.
21:42Because the results of it, I'm telling you, are going to be very, very good for the American people.
21:46And it will fulfill your promises and your desires, sir, to make sure that more people can grasp the American
21:52dream.
21:53And so I hope he does sign it.
21:54If he doesn't, it's still law.
21:55We'll still celebrate it.
21:56But he's trying to make a point.
21:58And I think he's making it very effectively.
22:00And the fact that you all ask me every three steps down the hallway illustrates that he has achieved the
22:06desired objective.
22:06And that is to make Save America the number one thing.
22:09Because if we don't get that right, everybody's concerned about what happens next.
22:13So I think that's a way to summarize it.
22:16Thanks for the lifetime commentary on a Supreme Court case I haven't read yet.
22:21I'll go do my best and dig into that.
22:22Thank you all for the time.
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