I sure wonder what the financial cost is of repeatedly going back to court… That
HAS to be HUGE, NOT counting the waste of time for ALL the many people involved.. Lawyers, justices, various businesses, court employees. ALL for a legalized Campaign UNDERMINING VOTING - by paying for DOUBT
Great piece. Thank you! I loved the "Messaging Guides" - as I believe that piercing the right-wing propaganda bubble, even if only one voter at a time, is ESSENTIAL to defeating this attempt by fascists to steal our democracy. BUT NOTE: the Birthright Citizenship Messaging Guide LINK in the piece did NOT work. Can you please provide a functional link to this document? AND my sincere thanks to those who crafted these Messaging Guides!
The birthright citizenship clause was taken from a similar provision in the Civil Rights Bill with one important change. The Civil Rights Bill had stated that all person born in the US “and not subject to a foreign power,” were citizens of the United States. The provision added to the Fourteenth Amendment eliminated that limitation and instead said all persons born in the US “and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,” were citizens of the United Staes and the State wherein they reside. Obviously, the Civil Rights Bill version excluded the children of immigrants. The Fourteenth Amendment version did not.
Also, the Birthright Citizenship clause did not limit its application to a particular class of immigrants as did, for example the Homestead Act. The Homestead Act limited its offer of land to only allow immigrants who filed a declaration to become a citizen, to obtain such land. The Fourteenth Amendment provision did not limit the type of immigrants to which it applied. Congress knew how to limit a benefit to a certain class of immigrants including to what is in effect the type of class Trump argues birthright citizenship should be limited to. It chose not to adopt that limit.
I sure wonder what the financial cost is of repeatedly going back to court… That
HAS to be HUGE, NOT counting the waste of time for ALL the many people involved.. Lawyers, justices, various businesses, court employees. ALL for a legalized Campaign UNDERMINING VOTING - by paying for DOUBT
Great piece. Thank you! I loved the "Messaging Guides" - as I believe that piercing the right-wing propaganda bubble, even if only one voter at a time, is ESSENTIAL to defeating this attempt by fascists to steal our democracy. BUT NOTE: the Birthright Citizenship Messaging Guide LINK in the piece did NOT work. Can you please provide a functional link to this document? AND my sincere thanks to those who crafted these Messaging Guides!
The birthright citizenship clause was taken from a similar provision in the Civil Rights Bill with one important change. The Civil Rights Bill had stated that all person born in the US “and not subject to a foreign power,” were citizens of the United States. The provision added to the Fourteenth Amendment eliminated that limitation and instead said all persons born in the US “and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,” were citizens of the United Staes and the State wherein they reside. Obviously, the Civil Rights Bill version excluded the children of immigrants. The Fourteenth Amendment version did not.
Also, the Birthright Citizenship clause did not limit its application to a particular class of immigrants as did, for example the Homestead Act. The Homestead Act limited its offer of land to only allow immigrants who filed a declaration to become a citizen, to obtain such land. The Fourteenth Amendment provision did not limit the type of immigrants to which it applied. Congress knew how to limit a benefit to a certain class of immigrants including to what is in effect the type of class Trump argues birthright citizenship should be limited to. It chose not to adopt that limit.