And with just a few seconds of interview still to be aired, our Best President Ever completely dominates the coverage just before the midterms.
https://nypost.com/2018/10/30/revoking-birthright-citizenship-would-enforce-the-constitution/
Revoking birthright citizenship would enforce the Constitution
John Eastman
FTA:
In a nation such as the United States, which is rooted in the idea that governments are formed based on the consent of the governed, the notion that foreign nationals can unilaterally confer citizenship on their children as the result of illegal entry to the United States (and therefore entirely without our consent) is a bit bizarre.
It rewards lawlessness, undermining the rule of law. It deprives Congress of its constitutional authority to determine naturalization power.
And it essentially destroys the notion of sovereignty itself, since a “people” are not able to define what constitutes them as a “people” entitled, as the Declaration of Independence asserts, to “the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them.”
That the 14th Amendment settled the question without ever explicitly addressing it is even more bizarre.
The actual language of the 14th Amendment actually contains two requirements for automatic citizenship, not just one. “All persons born or naturalized in the United States” — that’s the birth-on-US- soil part — “and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” It is that second requirement, “subject to the jurisdiction,” that is the source of much confusion today, because to our modern ear, that just means subject to our laws.
That is one meaning, of course, but not the only one, and not the one that the drafters of the 14th Amendment had in mind. For them, being merely subject to our laws meant that one was subject to our “partial” or “territorial” jurisdiction. It was a jurisdiction applicable to “temporary sojourners” — what we today call temporary visitors. It was not the kind of jurisdiction that was codified in the 14th Amendment. For that, a more complete, allegiance-owing jurisdiction was required.
We don’t need to speculate about this, as the authors of the 14th Amendment were asked directly what they meant (albeit not in the context of illegal immigration, since there were no restrictions on immigration at the time). When asked whether Native Americans would automatically be citizens under the clause, Sen. Lyman Trumbull, a key figure in the drafting and adoption of the 14th Amendment, responded that “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States meant subject to its “complete” jurisdiction, “[n]ot owing allegiance to anybody else.”
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/10/30/ground-reports-2018-midterm-election/
fleporeblog says: October 31, 2018 at 10:11 am
Everything you need to know about North Carolina can be found in the thread below:
Thread by @oldnorthstpol: "Today's (10-31) Data Thread: NC's 2018 'early votes' are setting new in terms of absentee by mail & one-stop/iests have been made & returned & accepted (accepted mail not yet past 2014 t […]" #s #ncpol #ncvotes #NC13 https://t.co/RbFFlmneWm
— Baba97 (@Baba9773) October 31, 2018
Nevada has truly been the most pleasant surprise to date when compared to 2016. Not only will we keep the Senate and Governor’s Seat, we will flip NV-D3 & have a great chance of flipping NV-D4.
NV EV update 1:45 pm 10/30 — After some corrections from NVSOS, the Dem lead is now at 11125. Looking good for Rs. pic.twitter.com/yQXK6ZOobq
— au ng (@athein1) October 30, 2018
Observations: Rs outperforming Ds in terms of comparison to 2016 in all categories, except in-person Washoe. Rs outperforming Ds in Clark. Rs outperforming Ds in Absentees everywhere. Rurals outperforming urbans. This boasts well for a R win.
— au ng (@athein1) October 30, 2018
THIS TWEET SAYS IT ALL FOLKS! We will absolutely flip MN-D1 and MN-D8 and win the AG Seat in MN. I also like our chances to flip Franken’s Senate Seat in MN. Keith Ellison has destroyed the Democrat Party in MN.
A party about to win in a Democratic wave doesn't spend its last cash on the the last few days before the election on seats the data pundits claim are already likely/lean seats, nor skip seats the pundits claim are close. Also, DCCC clearly sees they have issues in MN. https://t.co/EleC6P0mVl
— Robert Barnes (@Barnes_Law) October 31, 2018
Arizona is gone and there is nothing the Democrats can do to get it back! The margin is pretty much baked in with over 1 million votes to date!
Additional age categories:
35-44 (8.5%) +1.9 DEM
45-54 (12.6%) +11.9 GOP
54-65 (21.2%) +13 GOP
65-75 (27.1%) +10.9 GOP
— The AZ Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) October 30, 2018
fleporeblog says: October 31, 2018 at 10:11 am
Florida is moving further and further in the category for the Republicans! What a difference in the Early Voting advantage from 2016 (D-96,450) to 2018 (R-62,937). That is a whopping difference of 159,387.
FL EV update 7;21 am 10/31 R lead increased again to 62.9k. Dems are in trouble. FL is a safe R if this trend continues. Only 5 more days of EV in D leaning counties while 6 more days in R leaning panhandle. pic.twitter.com/6GvzZkmoED
— au ng (@athein1) October 31, 2018
Key phrase: “[n]ot owing allegiance to anybody else.”