SCOTUS Upholds Birthright Citizenship, Colorado Primary Results, World Cup Heats Up

>> The Supreme Court, oh God, oh that's right, my name does not start with them. >> Jeremy Michelle starts at Jeremy's, this mission. >> This is Michelle's, this is the mission, okay, fine, take two. [MUSIC] >> The Supreme Court rejected President Trump's effort to end birth rights citizenship.

>> The court affirmed the long held understanding of the constitution. Why did some justices argue for exceptions to the rule?

>> I'm Michelle Martin, that's Steve Nskip, and this is of first from NPR News.

[MUSIC] >> Democratic Socialist won another Democratic Party primary. May let Keras defeated the incumbent in the voting for a Colorado House seat. >> Denver voters of all ages, that's a clear message. We will not wait.

>> What does this say about the direction of the Democratic Party? >> Also world cup teams try to endure the knockout bracket while also trying not to be knocked out by the heat.

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The majority of justices rejected Trump's executive order seeking to change that. >> NPR's Kerry Johnson covers the Supreme Court and is on the line, Kerry Good Morning. >> Good Morning Steve.

“>> What was the justice's reason to block the president?”

>> Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority ruling here. He said it was not a close call. He talked about birthright citizenship being part of American law for generations. Roberts said the framers who drafted the 14th Amendment extended a promise of citizenship to every free person in this land. And Roberts wrote we keep that promise today. The chief was joined by the Court's three liberals and Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

Brett Kavanaugh wrote separately to say he would have struck down the president's executive order based on a federal law. Kavanaugh left open the possibility Congress could change it to put limits on babies born to people here illegally or on temporary visas. And if there was a surprise, it was that we had so many dissents on this birthright issue, which has been well understood from more than 150 years. >> Yeah, much closer case than people anticipated, what did the dissenters say? >> Justice Clarence Thomas filed a dissent of 91 pages what experts tell me is one of his longest dissents.

He says the court majority misunderstood the 14th Amendment. He wanted to add a new requirement that parents be domiciled in the U.S. And just as Sam Alito wrote to say he worries about birth tourism, the idea that wealthy people from overseas will come to have children here on American soil. President Trump echoed that view in a post on social media. He actually congratulated China in its leader for what he called a massive birthright win.

Remember, Trump took the rare step of going to the Supreme Court to hear arguments in this case.

A sign of how important it was to him, but the justice has never acknowledged his presence and it may have backfired.

>> And again, a majority of the justice went with what would seem to be the literal meaning of the words of the 14th Amendment.

“What are some of the other cases we learned about yesterday?”

>> The courts has states can ban transgender girls and women from high school and college sports programs. They said those bands and about half the states do not violate the Constitution or a federal law that bars discrimination by schools that get federal funding. And for campaign finance, the court overturned a post-watergate law that tried to limit coordination between political parties and candidates. This case emerged during the Senate run of JD Vance who's now in the vice president. The Supreme Court says this is a free speech issue that money is speech.

Okay, so we've gotten to the end of the term. What is all this leave you thinking as someone who covers the court?

reshape agencies we thought were independent.

But Trump lost big and a few of the cases that mattered most to him in the birthright case and with his tariffs. Long time a pellet lawyer can't in Shanmu, you can put it this way and it talks sponsored by the conservative federal society yesterday. >> One emerging theme in some of these cases is that on issues of sort of broader significance. The quote unquote conservative side is typically winning. On issues that are more specific to this administration, the outcomes are sometimes different.

>> And we're going to find out whether that pattern holds when the court returns for a new term in October. NPR's Kerry Johnson will be there covering the court when they return. Kerry, thanks for your reporting really appreciate it. >> Thank you. >> A democratic socialist in Colorado has defeated a 15-term member of Congress.

>> That is just one of the upsets in the state's primary results Tuesday night. >> And Colorado Public Radio's Caitlyn Kim is here to tell us about a Caitlyn good morning.

>> Good morning. >> Okay, wow. Political newcomer, Maylad Kiroz defeated the long-term representative Diana de Gett.

Tell us more about Kiroz. >> So Maylad Kiroz is a 29-year-old democratic socialist. She's a lawyer who got fired for a post she wrote that criticized Israel over its actions in Gaza. And she hasn't apologized for that, you know, making several comments defending propelicity activists. So after that experience, she decided to challenge Democratic Congresswoman Diana de Gett,

who has been her representative for her entire life. >> Now, Denver is a deep, blue district, and she's expected to have a smooth glide path to Congress. But I will add, she's also really fired up voters here in the city who were looking for change, especially generational change. This is what she had to say at her victory party.

>> Denver voters of all ages, of all races, of all religions, sense of clear message. We will not wait.

“>> [APPLAUSE] >> Were those Vufuzelas there at the end?”

>> I think those are airhorns actually.

>> Airhorns, okay, thank you. >> But she was, you know, and she's also criticized the current leaders of the Democratic Party, like Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries. >> Okay, a couple of aspects to this win. One is her youth, 29-year-old, beating a member of Congress who'd been there for almost 30 years.

But it's also the label, Democratic Socialist. How much did that play a role here? >> Look, I think they're definitely younger voters in Denver who want to see their Congress person take more progressive stances, Medicare for all, ending aid is real. They just want more of a fighter.

Someone who will bring fresh ideas to Congress. But a lot of voters I spoke with also just thought it was well past time for to get to pass the baton. You know, Republicans are already using Kyrus's win to say Democrats in the state have moved too far left.

But I'd actually use a Republican example. In 2020, Lauren Bobert came out of nowhere to challenge and beat a long-term Colorado incumbent who's constituents didn't think he was fighting enough for vocal enough. And now, she's probably one of the most vocal and well-known Republicans in Congress.

“Now, the question here is will Kyrus take on a similar role for Democrats?”

>> I want to ask about another primary in Colorado. Michael Bennett, Democratic Senator, well-known Democrat ran for president one time, ran for governor and lost in the primary. What happened? >> Yes, the other big theme of the night was, I think, in anti-washington one,

and Bennett suffered from that. You know, he's been in the Senate since 2009, and people were asking, you know, what had he done and more to the point, what had he done recently to fight Trump? I will add a lot of voters like both Bennett and primary winner, Phil Wyser. You know, their policy stance is we're not very different.

They're cut from the same political cloth. Wyser's team actually came up with an effective slogan. Wyser for governor Bennett for the Senate. And for voters who like both, you know, this was a way to have them both. Bennett's Senate seat is not up for reelection until 2028.

As for the Republican primary for governor and Colorado, you know, that race is still too close to call. >> One other question here, Colorado has one of the toss-up seats that could decide the house, what happened there. >> Many who know, a young state lawmaker with Latino heritage,

beat out a more moderate candidate to face geo-peeing combat gay bevens, who also has Hispanic roots, you know, this is expected to be a tough and expensive general election race. >> Okay, Colorado Public Radio's Caitlin Kim and Denver.

“Thanks for a lot of important updates, really appreciate it.”

>> Thank you. [MUSIC] >> The World Cup has entered the knockout bracket. >> Yeah, that means one loss and you're out. The U.S. team faces off against Bosnia Herzegovina tonight outside San Francisco.

Other games are in the east and cities that face extreme heat warnings. And NPR analysis finds that this issue was predictable. NPR's Rebecca Hershire has this hot story, Rebecca, good morning. >> Good morning.

How many games will be affected by the heat wave?

“>> A lot, there are about a half dozen games between today and Sunday”

that are in places that will be extremely hot. Think whether that feels like it's over a hundred degrees. Those games are in New Jersey, Atlanta, Kansas City, Miami, and Philadelphia. Now, the stadium in Atlanta has a roof, so that helps protect people. But the others do not, and the game in Philadelphia,

on July 4th is really shaping up to be the highest risk one. Paraguay is playing France. The Weather Service has already issued an extreme heat warning. The forecast is calling for high temperatures around 100 degrees that day. And humidity will make it feel even hotter.

The humidity is also going to keep the temperature high even as the sun goes down. So that warning actually runs all the way until 8pm after the game is over. And it's not just the match itself, it's the side events, which also happened outside. So there's this giant outdoor watch party in Philadelphia. The organizers have shortened the hours for that because of the heat.

>> Okay, sounds sensible.

“What else are people doing to keep safe?”

>> Well, I actually asked FIFA about that. They're the organizing body for international soccer. And they said they did their best to schedule matches in the evening. Many of them in using the southern US do have roofs. And they're giving two extra water breaks per match to help players in official stay hydrated.

>> Yeah, it's in that. >> But NPR found that those measures don't alleviate the risk from heat.

So we analyzed past weather conditions in World Cup post cities and found that more than a third

of the tournament's matches are at high risk for dangerous heat and humidity. And that analysis, it identified Philadelphia as one of the highest risk post cities. And specifically noted that July 4th match in Philly was likely to take place in dangerous conditions. So this was foreseeable. And FIFA didn't respond to questions from NPR about individual match scheduling decisions.

Or about whether matches this week will have extra protections. Things like cooling buses and misturs and free cold water for attendees.

“>> Okay, so we don't know if they're going to take those extra steps.”

What can individuals take on their own? >> So drinking a lot of water is a really good first step. Don't drink too much alcohol. I talked to Daniel Vasilyo about this. He's an expert on extreme heat and the human body at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

>> If you are outside tailgating all day, alcohol consumption can help a dehydrate you. You're putting it in a liquid, but you're not getting the actual effects of that liquid. >> He also recommends staying in the shade as much as possible, wearing loose clothing, that covers your skin, protects it from the sun. And for folks who are older who have heart disease,

he says think twice about attending the highest risk matches. Older people over heat more easily and heart conditions put you at extra risk. So that group should really be extra careful. >> I personally like that counterintuitive sounding advice. Long sleeves, I mean that's really helpful that just that simple step.

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