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To: wardaddy
but getting an amendment thru to thwart the 14th now with so many fresh immigrants here voting along with liberals who love more and more immigrants

We don't need an amendment. Despite what people think, this is not a settled issue of constitutional law, as the Supreme Court has never explicitly ruled on it. Congress could eliminate birthright citizenship in these cases and it would not necessarily be found unconstitutional. It certainly isn't against the plain intent of the amendment, which was to nullify the Dred Scott decision so the Supreme Court couldn't rule against Congress granting citizenship to the slaves.

91 posted on 01/08/2008 9:50:30 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat

thank you...i wondered that


141 posted on 01/08/2008 3:37:39 PM PST by wardaddy (This is depressing..)
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