Birthright Citizenship

[5GallonBucket]

2 hours ago, little red said:

He is so full of it

As well as you

[Reagan]

14 hours ago, little red said:

Yeah!!!!

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Since you apparently think this decision was good for all Americans let me ask you this:  

The US Constitution was ratified on June 27, 1788.  The 14th Amendment was ratified on July 9, 1868.  That's an 80 year difference.  Tell me -- if it was so important to all Americans then why wasn't the 14th language in the original Constitution?  

[little red]

6 hours ago, Reagan said:

Since you apparently think this decision was good for all Americans let me ask you this:  

The US Constitution was ratified on June 27, 1788.  The 14th Amendment was ratified on July 9, 1868.  That's an 80 year difference.  Tell me -- if it was so important to all Americans then why wasn't the 14th language in the original Constitution?  

Because people didn't know what to do with slaves after they were freed. 80 years before, the enslaved were not free.

[OlDawg]

17 hours ago, UT alum said:

The law is the law, unintended consequences and all.  

What happened to your "The Constitution is a living document, and changes with the times" argument?

This was never going to fly as an EO, and it shouldn't be handled in that manner. Too important a question, and it should require a high bar to change. The arguments were fascinating. I think they opened a lot of people's eyes to issues they hadn't thought about.

I don't agree with the interpretation. But, the--basically 5 to 4--decision shows it was a question that needed to be addressed. The Administration made a mistake in trying to push it through an EO. If they'd passed something through Congress, it may have been a different outcome.