SCOTUS Skirts Birthright Citizenship & Obamacare ‘Ghosts’ Driving Fraud | 7.1.26

Summary

Morning Wire — July 1, 2026

Episode Title: SCOTUS Skirts Birthright Citizenship & Obamacare ‘Ghosts’ Driving Fraud
Hosts: Georgia Howe (plus guests)
Main Theme: The closing of the Supreme Court’s term with two major rulings—birthright citizenship and women’s sports—along with significant coverage of federal investigations into far-left funding networks and massive government healthcare fraud.

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Episode Overview

This episode dives into the U.S. Supreme Court’s high-profile decisions on birthright citizenship and women’s sports, unpacks ongoing Justice Department inquiries into alleged “dark Marxist money” networks, and details the Trump administration’s sweeping crackdown on healthcare fraud—particularly the revelation of millions of fraudulent or “phantom” Obamacare enrollees.

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Major Topics & Key Insights

1. Supreme Court Rulings Close Out the Term

Birthright Citizenship: “Trump v. Barbara”

• [01:59]
  • The Court ruled against President Trump’s effort to limit birthright citizenship, reaffirming that any child born on U.S. soil is a citizen, regardless of their parents’ status.
  • The case centered on the 14th Amendment: “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens…”
  • The majority (6–3) included Justices Barrett, Kavanaugh, and Roberts siding with liberals. Significant conservative dissents were penned.

Notable Dissenting and Concurring Opinions

• Justice Alito’s Dissent:
  • Stressed the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” requires “full, undivided allegiance”—merely being present in the U.S. isn’t enough.
  • Quote: “Subject to the jurisdiction of requires full undivided allegiance. It's not satisfied by simple physical presence in the U.S.” (Cabot Phillips, [02:39])
• Justice Thomas’s Dissent:
  • Emphasized the narrow original intent of the 14th Amendment for freed blacks, not for broad citizenship.
  • Quote: “[The amendment was] designed and understood to secure equal rights for the freed blacks … been repurposed for political projects.” (Cabot Phillips, [03:00])
• Justice Jackson’s Concurrence:
  • Asserted Thomas was injecting race into the argument, despite his usual advocacy for colorblind constitutionalism.
  • Quote: “Despite his long standing endorsement of a colorblind Constitution, Justice Thomas now surprisingly suggests that the citizenship clause was a race conscious remedial measure.” (Cabot Phillips, [03:27])
• Justice Kavanaugh’s Nuanced Vote:
  • Sided with the majority but disagreed on reasoning, arguing the 14th Amendment could allow carveouts, but only Congress should define them.

Women's Sports Protection: "Little v. Hickox" & "West Virginia v. BPJ"

• [04:06]
  • The Court solidly backed state laws protecting women’s sports categories, barring biological males from female teams.
  • Kristen Wagner (Alliance Defending Freedom): “[States asked,] can we protect the women’s category by ensuring that only women are competing?” ([04:34])
• [05:17] Wagner elaborates:
  • The unanimous ruling under Title IX allows states to safeguard single-sex sports categories.
  • Quote: “The court’s decision resoundingly says ... that under Title 9, states have the right to make sure that the female category is for females and that sex is the clearest, most objective and workable way to ensure equal opportunities under that federal statute.” ([05:17])
• The ruling clarifies states’ authority to make these policies, but future litigation may still address whether all states must protect women's sports, regardless of current policies.

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2. Federal Scrutiny of Neville Roy Singham’s Network

Who is Neville Roy Singham?

• [08:28]
  • A quietly influential American-born, China-based Marxist millionaire and ex-ThoughtWorks founder.
  • Funds a global web of NGOs, media, and activist groups—from anti-Israel protests to radical leftist organizations in the U.S.
• Praises China and espouses Maoist ideas:
  • Quote (Singham, [09:24]): “Fascism is actually a face of capitalism and imperialism, as is colonialism. These are the three faces of a system … the international rules based order was created by another lie..."

Justice Department Investigation

• [10:25] Megan Basham:
  • Federal prosecutors are investigating financial crimes—alleged wire and bank fraud, money laundering—via shell companies, nonprofits.
  • House/Senate concern: Singham’s network may act as an unregistered “arm” of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in violation of FARA.

Political and National Security Concerns

• Lawmakers from both chambers (Blackburn, Hawley, Cotton, Rubio, Graham) push DOJ to scrutinize whether these NGOs act as foreign agents.
• House Rep. Anna Paulina Luna alleges:
  • “He’s been a mechanism and funding arm of the Chinese Communist Party…connected to a number of riots… a group tied to and being investigated for the assassination of Charlie Kirk.” ([11:16])

Summary Point

• No charges yet; subpoenas issued. This is a first-of-its-kind DOJ investigation into radical funding tied to CCP influence in America.

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3. Obamacare “Ghost” Enrollees and Government Fraud Crackdown

Discovery of Phantom Enrollments

• [13:40] Brent Scher, Editor-in-Chief, Daily Wire:
  • HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Medicare/Medicaid administrator Mehmet Oz report over 1 million Obamacare enrollments with no Social Security number attached and zero premium payments—raising a massive fraud red flag.
  • Brokers may be enrolling "phantoms" to collect taxpayer-funded commissions.

Broader Fraud Landscape

• [15:11]
  • HHS estimates improper or fraudulent government health plan enrollments peaked at 5.6 million in 2025.
  • Cost to taxpayers is staggering—potentially $10 billion/year since 2021.
  • Medicaid already purged or blocked nearly 3 million improper enrollments; over 2.6 million more are under review.

National Health Care Fraud Takedown

• [16:00]
  • DOJ’s recent sweep: 295 Medicaid fraud defendants, $518 million in false claims charged—the largest such bust in DOJ history.
  • Even larger: Nationwide, 455 defendants (including nearly 100 medical professionals) charged with $6.5 billion in health care fraud.
  • FBI Director Cash Patel called it “historic.”
  • Feds have already recovered $182 million in cash/assets, including luxury goods.

Federal Response

• Senator J.D. Vance tapped to lead anti-fraud task force; it’s described as “all hands on deck.”
• Quote (Dr. Oz via Brent Scher, [14:03]): “If you’re a fraudster, here’s our advice to you. Do not walk away from us. Run.”
• The scope of fraud across federal health programs is described as “out of control,” with more revelations likely.

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Notable Quotes

• Cabot Phillips on SCOTUS and birthright citizenship ([01:59]):

  • “The court sided firmly against the president, affirming that any child born on U.S. soil is an American citizen, regardless of why or how long their parents were in the country.”

• Kristen Wagner on women’s sports ([05:17]):

  • “Even all nine justices agreed that under Title 9, states have the right to make sure that the female category is for females and that sex is the clearest, most objective and workable way to ensure equal opportunities under that federal statute.”

• Brent Scher on health care fraud ([16:54]):

  • “This past week the task force announced what officials are calling the largest health care fraud takedown in the country’s history… FBI Director Cash Patel called the results of this historic.”

• Megan Basham on DOJ investigation ([10:05]):

  • “Multiple House and Senate members...have all raised alarms that these groups act as CCP influencers without registering under FARA…”

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [01:59]: Breakdown of SCOTUS birthright citizenship ruling and dissents
• [04:06]: Women’s sports protection cases and Kristen Wagner interview
• [08:28]: Who is Neville Roy Singham and his network’s CCP ties
• [10:25]: DOJ investigation into left-wing, foreign-influenced funding
• [13:40]: Obamacare fraud details with “phantom” enrollments
• [16:00]: National Medicaid fraud takedown facts and figures

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Tone and Style

• The episode features a direct, news-informative style with a conservative perspective.
• Guests and hosts balance legal, political, and investigative reporting with strong attributions and occasional dramatic language (e.g., “blueprint for fraud,” “out of control”).
• Interactions are brisk, fact-heavy, and focus on implications for national policy.

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Summary

This Morning Wire episode delivers comprehensive coverage of the Supreme Court’s pivotal terms’ end—clarifying birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment (with strong dissents and a notable Kavanaugh concurring point) and establishing state authority to exclude biological males from women’s sports under Title IX. The DOJ’s unprecedented investigation into a powerful, China-aligned activist funder and the exposure of massive government health plan fraud round out a news-packed episode with major implications for government policy, national security, and taxpayer accountability.

Transcript

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[Georgia Howe]

The Supreme Court closes out its term with two highly anticipated cases. We discuss the rulings and what they mean.

[Brendan Steinhauser]

The US Supreme Court has ruled against

[Georgia Howe]

President Trump's order to limit birthright citizenship. I'm Georgia Howe. John's on vacation this week. It's Wednesday, July 1st. And this is Morning Wire. The Justice Department takes on dark Marxist money in a first of its kind investigation.

[Kristen Wagner]

So now the Justice Department is investigating Singham and his nonprofits from moving money

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and creating networks to sow discord in

[Kristen Wagner]

the United States of America.

[Georgia Howe]

And authorities suspect billions more in government fraud after a million phantom Obamacare enrollees were found on the books. Of the people who signed up, 40%

[Cabot Phillips]

never use the insurance. And these brokers are able to make a ton of money off the American taxpayers.

[Georgia Howe]

Thanks for waking up with Morning wire. Stay tuned. We have the news you need to know. The Supreme Court wrapped up its term today with two blockbuster decisions. The justices handed conservatives a major win on women's sports, but dealt President Trump a major defeat on birthright citizenship. Here to break it all down is Cabot Phillips, host of Wired in So, Cabot, let's first start with the birthright citizenship case. That didn't really come as a surprise, but still major blow for the president.

[Cabot Phillips]

Yeah, just to recap, this was Trump vers. Barbara and as expected, the court sided firmly against the president, affirming that any child born on US Soil is an American citizen, regardless of why or how long their parents were in the country. That means the children of legal immigrants as well. Trump's argumentation hinged on the wording of the 14th Amendment, which says, quote, all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. The president says this means you can be born in the US but not necessarily be subject to the jurisdiction of the US but the majority of the court disagreed, with Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, and Chief Justice Roberts siding with the liberal justices for a 63 ruling. Though we'll get into it a bit. Brett Kavanaugh not agreeing that it was a violation of the Constitution. The remaining conservative justices each penned their own dissents. Alito's dissent leaned on the concept of allegiance, saying that, quote, subject to the jurisdiction of requires full undivided allegiance. It's not satisfied by simple physical presence in the U.S. for his part, Thomas pointed out in his dissent that the 14th Amendment actually had a narrow purpose. Initially, he said the amendment was quote, designed and understood to secure equal rights for the freed blacks and that it has instead, quote, been repurposed for political projects that the Reconstruction Congress did not support. He also underscored that it applied specifically to people who already, quote, domiciled in the United States. In other words, people who had no other homeland. And there was a little drama on that point. Justice Jackson's concurring opinion included a rather pointed jab at Thomas's historical argument, insinuating that race was at the heart of the matter. She said, quote, despite his long standing endorsement of a colorblind Constitution, Justice Thomas now surprisingly suggests that the citizenship clause was a race conscious remedial measure. Now, Brett Kavanaugh actually had the most interesting vote. Despite voting with the majority, as I said, to uphold birthright citizensh. He disagreed with the majority reasoning, saying that he agreed that the 14th Amendment provides grounds for qualifying citizenship, but that Congress would need to be the ones to specify the various carve outs.

[Georgia Howe]

Now, the second major ruling we had yesterday related to women's sports, we had Little versus Hickox and West Virginia versus bpj. What did those cases find?

[Cabot Phillips]

Yeah, so this decision covered two suits brought by biologically male athletes who sued their respective states, Idaho and West Virginia, for preventing them from playing on girls sports teams. Morning Wire actually spoke with one of the attorneys involved in this case, Kristen Wagner from Alliance Defending Freedom. Here's what she had to say about the case and the arguments before the court.

[Kristen Wagner]

In 2020, the first state passed a law to protect women's sports after legislators saw around the nation that women were losing podium spots and trophies and roster spots. And so states decided to do something about it. And 27 states passed laws to protect women and girls. Two of those states, Idaho and West Virginia, passed those laws, and the ACLU sued those states. So essentially, the court's holding was whether states can protect the women's category by ensuring that only women are competing.

[Georgia Howe]

Now, is this like the Dobbs ruling, where now states can just make the rules that they want?

[Cabot Phillips]

No, actually, this ruling addresses the specific issue of biological sex itself. Here's Wagner elaborating on that.

[Kristen Wagner]

There were two claims before the Court One involved a federal statute called Title 9. The other involved the Equal Protection Clause. The Court's decision resoundingly says very clearly, even all nine justices agreed that under Title 9, states have the right to make sure that the female category is for females and that sex is the clearest, most objective and workable way to ensure equal opportunities under that federal statute. The next cases that you will see being litigated through the system is whether unwilling intransigent states can be forced to protect women and girls.

[Georgia Howe]

Well, this has been a defining issue of the 2020s. It was a matter of time before it made it to the High Court. Cabot, thanks for reporting.

[Cabot Phillips]

Absolutely.

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[e-mail] A federal grand jury is investigating the financial network of reclusive millionaire Neville Roy Singham, a self described Marxist who lives in China. Lawmakers are concerned about his funding of anti Israel protests and left wing activism organizations in the U.S. daily Wire reporter Megan Basham is here now with the details. So Megan, just to start, can you acquaint us with who Neville Singham is? Because he's not really a household name here.

[Megan Basham]

No, he's not Georgia. But he has become one of the most influential political funders on the far left. So he's a software entrepreneur who funded the IT consulting company ThoughtWorks and he sold it back in 2017 for just shy of a billion dollars. Well, since then he has devoted much of that fortune to funding a broad network of NGOs, media outlets and extrem groups all around the world. Now while Singham was born in the United States, he lives primarily in China and as you said, he openly identifies as a Marxist and he has also delivered speeches praising Chinese development and invoking Mao Zedong's concept of a quote unquote people's war. He's even called capitalism the face of fascism. This was part of a speech he gave at an event sponsored by the Chinese Communist Party in in Shanghai last year.

[Alliance for Secure AI Representative]

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[Megan Basham]

And then also part of his activist background. He's married to Jody Evans, the co founder of the activist group Code Pink, which has long opposed American foreign policy. While expressing support for Communist governments, including China in Cuba.

[Georgia Howe]

Now, what exactly prompted this Justice Department investigation?

[Megan Basham]

Well, essentially, federal prosecutors in Manhattan have impaneled this grand jury to investigate whether Singham's financial network has violated federal law. So they're looking at whether money moved through donor advised funds, shell corporations, nonprofit organizations, anything that might have involved crimes such as wire fraud, bank fraud, money laundering. So all of those financial crimes. And the investigation was reportedly authorized by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and is being handled through the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York, because that is one of the Justice Department's premier prosecutorial offices. And then there's also concerns that these activities are funding destabilizing left wing activist movements in the U.S. congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna addressed concerns over Singham's network in a House Oversight Committee hearing last year.

[Georgia Howe]

Neville Seeingham, regardless of what you might feel about your colleagues, has been a mechanism and funding arm of the Chinese Communist Party. He's not a registered agent by FARA and has been connected to a number of riots, to include the anti ice riots being funded in Los Angeles, as well as a group that was tied to and being investigated for the assassination of Charlie Kirk. So Luna mentioned FARA there and how Chinese actors are violating the Foreign Agents Registration act, or fara. How does that fit in with Singham?

[Megan Basham]

Well, I mean, it's really a key concern here. Georgia. Singham lives in Shanghai. He attends CCP linked forums, and he's called for a quote, unquote, New World Order. So because of that, multiple House and Senate members, including Senators Marsha Blackburn, Josh Hawley, Tom Cotton, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham, they've all raised alarms that these groups act as CCP influencers without registering under fara, to which does require disclosure for those doing political work on behalf of foreign principles. So they're asking why entities that have consistently promoted pro CCP rhetoric and anti US agitation aren't subject to greater scrutiny. House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith highlighted abuse of tax exempt status to fund left wing chaos. Now, that said, this is a first of its kind investigation here, though no charges have been filed, but subpoenas have been issued. So we're going to have to wait and see how this actually plays out because we're in new territory here.

[Georgia Howe]

Well, certainly foreign influence is a growing concern for Americans, so I'm sure a lot of people want to see where this goes and if they can actually make a case. Megan, thanks for reporting.

[Megan Basham]

Yep, my pleasure.

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Joining us now to discuss the Trump administration's widening crackdown on fraud is Daily Wire Editor in Chief Brent Scher. Brent, thanks for coming on.

[Brendan Steinhauser]

Yeah, of course. Georgia.

[Georgia Howe]

So let's start with the latest from the Trump administration. We had HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. And federal Medicare and Medicaid administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, who dropped a pretty stunning number last week. They said that over a million people enrolled in the Obamacare plans had no Social Security number on file. So can you walk us through what they're actually alleging with that?

[Brendan Steinhauser]

Yeah, right. This came out in a video the two of them posted just the other day. The specific finding is that roughly 1 million broker assisted enrollments through healthcare.gov now that's the online enrollment portal for Obamacare, had no Social Security number attached. And furthermore, there was no premium that was even being collected on those plans. So RFK and Dr. Oz are framing that combination, no ID verification and zero cost to the enrollee as basically a blueprint for fraud. Kennedy put it bluntly, why are we paying people we don't know if they actually exist? And Dr. Oz pointed the finger at rogue insurance brokers allegedly enrolling people without their knowledge just to collect the commissions. And he had a pretty direct warning for them. If you're a fraudster, here's our advice to you. Do not walk away from us. Run.

[Georgia Howe]

Well, in this 1 million potentially fraudulent Obamacare enrollments is really just a small piece of this much larger picture of health care wage, correct?

[Brendan Steinhauser]

Yeah. And HHS estimates that improper, phantom or outright fraudulent enrollments peaked at 5.6 million people last year. And this comes obviously at a staggering cost to taxpayers who are paying probably $10 billion a year going back to 2021 for this. Now, Medicaid says that it's already stripped or blocked close to 2.9 million improper enrollments with another 2.6 million still under review.

[Georgia Howe]

Now, the potential fraudulent enrollees on these government sponsored health insurance plans are just one segment of the fraud that they're now looking at. We have a wide variety of schemes involving multiple federal and state programs that have recently been uncovered across the board. Can you talk to some of the other ones we've seen?

[Brendan Steinhauser]

Yeah, I mean, the full breadth of the fraud is staggering. A CMS official involved in the anti fraud efforts said that just last week the Justice Department's national health care fraud takedown, they produced the largest number of Medicaid fraud defendants and the largest Medicaid fraud loss ever charged in DOJ history. 295 defendants and over $518 million in false claims that were submitted to Medicaid alone. And that's separate from what we were talking about before. The broader six and a half billion dollar healthcare fraud figure that we've reported on. This is specifically just the state run Medicaid program piece of it.

[Georgia Howe]

Now the Trump administration is basically saying this is kind of an all hands on deck situation attacking this fraud. He's named J.D. vance to lead the anti Fraud task force. What kind of actions are they taking?

[Brendan Steinhauser]

Yeah. This past week the task force announced what officials are calling the largest health care fraud takedown in the country's history. 455 defendants charged nationwide, including nearly 100 medical professionals tied to more than six and a half billion dollars in false claims. FBI Director Cash Patel called the results of this historic. And federal officials say they've already clawed back $182 million in cash and assets. We're talking not just money, luxury cars, jewelry. Just in two weeks since this big enforcement push began. I mean, it's just crazy, all the million and billion dollar figures we're reading out here.

[Georgia Howe]

Yeah, it's an out of control situation for sure. Brent, thanks so much for reporting.

[Brendan Steinhauser]

Yeah, of course.

[Georgia Howe]

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