The 14th (from wiki) Section 1. 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. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State. Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void. Section 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.[1] Some of the right wing memes that I have seen seem to think that "jurisdiction thereof," means that people born to illegal parents have no jurisdiction, which IMO is BS. The memes seem to argue that since the Amendment specifically left out Indians (they ignore the non-taxed Indian part) that should mean people of no legal status are also left out. But the reason why Indians were left out is because their territories were considered (depending on the interpretation) as semi-independent nations under protection by the US Government (not much of a protection as we all know). The citizenship deniers seem to hand their hats on SC ruling like this one. https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-14th-amendments-tortuous-relationship-with-american-indians1 Here is the argument from the heritage foundation (a right wing think tank). https://www.heritage.org/immigratio...ndamental-misunderstanding-the-14th-amendment A counter. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/a...re-fake-arguments-over-birthright-citizenship
Hey @Auriaprottu the free game tickets are always available. Of course you will have to sit next to me and I do expect you to buy every other round of beers;
Also the SC could rule 7-2 (Judge K and Judge Thomas IMO) or so against the Executive order (even if the opinions on why may be different). It would not be the first time an appointed judge rules against the President that appointed him/her. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/30/trump-birthright-citizenship-plan-900891
FWIW, the Senate Judiciary Committee released its findings on the Kavanaugh investigations. Apparently there was no there, there.
By 'no there' do you mean the allegations or the committee? I want to know about his actions in the Bush White House. The things they refused to document. This is the meat weve been denied.
Did you really expect them to say, "Wull, um, yeah, it kinda turns out that maybe he did lie like a used car salesman and there is a very strong likelihood that he really did a lot of the stuff them wimming are claiming, but we voted for him anyway, because we need to stick it to The Left and own the libs." Yeah, it could happen...
Achtung, Anchor Baby. The House Intel Committee also said there was no Russian collusion. Their evidence was Donnie's good word.
Don't give up on us RBG!!!! Breaking: Justince Ginsburg broke three ribs in a fall last night, per the Supreme Court. She went to the hospital this morning and was admitted “for observation and treatment,” the public information office adds. pic.twitter.com/vu7udRwoMs— Chris “Law Dork” Geidner (@chrisgeidner) November 8, 2018
2 old liberal judges, 2 years of republican control of the Senate, even atheist like me have to send thoughts and prayers for the health of RBG and Breyer, shit even Thomas, lets hope he hangs on for at least 2 more years.
I predict Roberts turns out a giant disappointment for the reactionaries. He will, in the end, be far more committed to preserving American's perception of the legitimacy of the court than of his benefactors agenda.
What happened at Georgetown Prep stayed at GP.... for the most part... Kavanaugh, along with J.C. del Real and Mark Judge, formed what some alumni characterized as an unholy trinity at the top of the school’s social circle. But their troubling behavior isn’t all that the Prep community was hiding. https://t.co/mL2IG4RgEA— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) December 17, 2018 After Christine Blasey Ford came forward, another woman from a nearby Catholic school recounted her own assault from the period. https://t.co/Dy5o3h3rIT pic.twitter.com/powRJQwD7A— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) December 17, 2018 When Eric Ruyak alleged in 2003 that he had been sexually assaulted by Father Garrett Orr, the head of Georgetown Prep’s theater department, the teenager became the target of a smear campaign. https://t.co/Dy5o3h3rIT pic.twitter.com/SvAMtOIjV8— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) December 17, 2018 For seven months, Georgetown Prep did not notify police that a student had accused a faculty member of sexual abuse. Alienated and unsupported, the student eventually withdrew from classes and finished high school from home. https://t.co/Dy5o3h3rIT— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) December 17, 2018 After the Ford-Kavanaugh hearing, some alumni tried to circulate a letter supporting a thorough investigation. Approximately 80 men signed it, but many others reportedly feared social and professional retribution for breaking the school’s loyalty code. https://t.co/Dy5o3h3rIT— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) December 17, 2018
"By Evgenia Peretz" Is that the hipster way to spell Eugenia Pérez? Vanity Fair should stick to fashion or whatever they write about and leave the actual investigative journalism to you know, real journalists.
"Evgenia" is the Slavonic spelling, and "Peretz" is a common-ish Eastern European Jewish surname. Which doesn't rule out your Hipster hypothesis.
In the past two years Vanity Fair and Teen Vogue have done more investigative journalism than the NY Times, Washington Times, Fox News, and the National Review combined
[ https://nypost.com/2018/12/21/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-two-malignant-growths-removed-from-lung/amp/ Dr. Valerie Rusch, a thoracic surgeon, said both nodules were found to be malignant after preliminary tests, but there was no evidence of any remaining disease after the surgery. No further treatment is planned, the court said.
get ready for court packing once dems have presidency and both chambers Merrick Garland will be the justification