Posted on 10/30/2018 5:20:54 AM PDT by SleeperCatcher
Executive Action: POTUS Donald Trump may be setting himself up for a huge constitutional battle if reports that he’s preparing to issue an executive order ending birthright citizenship are accurate.
Axios reported exclusively:
President Trump plans to sign an executive order that would remove the right to citizenship for babies of non-citizens and unauthorized immigrants born on U.S. soil, he said yesterday in an exclusive interview for “Axios on HBO,” a new four-part documentary news series debuting on HBO this Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET/PT.
The order would be one of the most dramatic moves yet by the president as his immigration reform agenda continues to be thwarted by Democrats in Congress and far too many RINOs, though that could all change in less than two weeks of a legitimate red wave sweeps the midterm elections.
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Gorsuch and Kavanagh both understand what “within the jurisdiction” means. This DO gets the challenge going without having to get the COM to do the paperwork. The left will immediately run to court and an activist judge will issue an injunction and then we will be on the way to SCOTUS.
Are they really subject to the “jurisdiction thereof”. They have no regard for our laws, otherwise they would enter LEGALLY.
It didn’t make the American Indians citizens. Congress had to pass a law for that.
No need to over ride anything but a faulty interpretation.
I was talking with someone whose parents were resident aliens. She was born here and is able to vote. All this needs to be clarified.
Nothing relating to birth applies to any unborn child. But every born person is subject to US jurisdiction once they enter the US. Since there is no way to be unborn, jurisdiction is established during birth.
This action may be enough to push RBG into room temperature conditions.
I think this issue is another reason why the Dems were so nasty to Kavanaugh.
I’d wager that if Thomas was considering stepping down, he would do his best to have Trump replace him.
I can hear it now. Eek, yeek, now you’re saying Hispanics are a danger. Raciss, raciss.
At some point the ridiculousness of this is going to come back to bite lefties who got profligate. In the meantime, it probably won’t ever have been easier for Hispanics of good will to immigrate.
The demons egging her on will faint.
The Fake News is so fake. Just now listening to the ABC radio news report at the top of the hour and the reporter authoritatively reports, as if slam-dunk countering Trump’s plan as she just reported, states that the Constitution states...minus the “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” phrase.
BTW Rep Steve King has a good page online about the amendment: https://steveking.house.gov/media-center/columns/ending-birthright-citizenship-does-not-require-a-constitutional-amendment
Not at all , you forgot the part of the 14th that says “and under the jurisdiction thereof” the illegals born here are under jurisdiction of the mother’s home country. Congress can change this anytime they wish..nothing to do with any amendment change, I’m not sure about an EO but I’m damned happy if he goes for it... Let the supremes decide
OK, here’s a question for you.
You claim Mexican nationals here illegally are not “under the jurisdiction of the United States”.
There are 22,097 Mexican nationals in US Federal prisons.
Suppose the Mexican ambassador goes into Federal court and applies for a writ of habeas corpus to release all 22,097 for lack of jurisdiction.
Would you support him?
Those don't mean the same thing.
"Under US jurisdiction" means, someone who belongs to us.
"Subject to" US jurisdiction means someone who the US has the right to exercise compulsion on.
Sorry, but I agree with Ryan and Grassley. The Constitution has to be amended to fix this problem, or, better yet, XIV has to be repealed since all former slaves have died and it is no longer necessary.
If nothing else, POTUS will get the issue before the U.S. Supreme Court and that’s a good thing. It needs to be. Plus, he’s going to educate a ton of Americans on the issue in the meantime.
He also gets illegal immigration back front and center in the week leading up to the election.
Agreed. A baseless decision back to the 19th century and a misguided footnote in the 20th century shouldn’t be enough to undo the clear language and intent on this fundamental issue.
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