Constitutional Opinion No. 2026-0663
Case Information
- Content Scored
- James Fishback post: charge Chinese foreign students $1M/yr at Florida public colleges to reserve seats for Florida students
- Source
- X (@j_fishback)
- Author
- James Fishback
- Publication Date
- 2026-07-18
- Content Type
- Social Media
- Opinion Issued
- 2026-07-19
- AFCS Version
- 1.0
Holding
This post endorses charging Chinese foreign students "$1 million a year to attend Florida's public colleges," arguing "they don't pledge allegiance to our flag, and they take limited college seats that should go to Florida kids." The controlling position is a prioritization of American citizens — specifically Florida students — over foreign nationals for a scarce public benefit, the core of Article I (America Above Foreign Interests). The foreign-national/allegiance/belonging framing engages Article VI, and access to public higher education for American children engages Article XIV. The position is aligned across all three (Tier 1 = 73). The Court declines to score Article III against the nationality-specific fee: Article III protects one standard among citizens, and the framework expressly prioritizes citizens (I) and controlled treatment of foreign nationals (VI). Reliability (51) is the limiting factor: one-sided advocacy on rhetorical premises and an unquantified causal claim, with a punitive figure and no supporting data. A fee on foreign nationals is not a new tax on Americans, so no Automatic Fail applies. Under the default 70/30 weighting, the result is 66 — Mostly America First.
It is the judgment of this Court that Opinion No. 2026-0663 is hereby entered into the record, in accordance with the America First Constitutional Standard. The score stands. The reasoning is published. The record is public.