Posted on 12/01/2007 11:32:43 AM PST by Jim Robinson
Anyone who calls themselves a Conservative yet would vote for a Liberal is a hypocrite and should be ashamed of themselves, including Rush.
"Pragmatism" = Appeasement for short term gain, long term destruction of conservative principles.
You should read in depth more. Unfortunately for your argument, they did address the fact that those you mentioned would not be covered by the amendment. The only ones granted citizenship by that amendment were black slaves.
It did settle who were not citizens and who would not be covered by the amendment. That includes the same “Indians, coolies [orientals], gypsies” you mentioned as well as all other foreigners you did not mentioned. None of them were given citizenship by the Fourteenth Amendment.
If you want proof, find out for yourself when the Indians were actually granted citizenship.
Tribal Indians are members of sovereign nations. As such they are nations within our nation. Our relations with them are determined by treaties. I never seen anything that related to Indians who aren’t members of tribes being treated differently than anyone else.
after these riots, france will be deporting as well at least I hope so.
As I said you need to find out when the Indians were declared citizens. It happened in 1924. Until then they were considered as coming from sovereign nations, and under the jurisdiction of those sovereign nations such that they could not be considered citizens under the Fourteenth Amendment. The same was said of “coolies” [orientals], “gypsies,” and other foreigners.
Because of this 1924 Act, the Indians have been declared citizens. The others were not covered by the 1924 Act.
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