Rep. Becca Balint on white nationalism, war in Iran and mixed feelings about America’s 250th

The Supreme Court ended its term with a series of blockbuster decisions on birthright citizenship, immigration, transgender rights and campaign finance. I spoke with U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., who is the vice ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee. “It’s shocking to me that we ever got to this place that we were having the Supreme Court weigh in on birthright citizenship,” Balint told me, sounding incredulous about the decision. “It’s so clear that white nationalism has absolutely taken hold here in D.C. among my colleagues in Congress, certainly in the White House, and on the Supreme Court,” Balint said. “You see that when you don’t have a unanimous decision saying actually that the Constitution says what the Constitution says. They’re trying to redefine citizenship to leave out a whole lot of people.” Balint asserted that the Supreme Court “is beholden to white Christian nationalism right now, and it’s terrifying to me.” Listen to the podcast and read more at vtdigger.org.