Amoxtli@thelemmy.club to conservative@lemmy.world · 21 days agoBirthright Citizenship Isn’t Realmises.orgexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1113
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minus-squareT00l_shed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up36·21 days agoIt’s in the constitution. So yeah.
minus-squarePorto881@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down11·21 days agoAs was race/gender inequality. Is the Constitution just a piece of paper written by rich white slave owners or a static document of supreme law?
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up18·20 days agoNeither, it’s a flexible document and has been amended many times. 27 times, to be precise. Removing birthright citizenship would require a constitutional amendment.
minus-squarePorto881@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down13·20 days agoDing ding ding There’s a reason that Germany, France, Sweden - y’know, all the European countries that “do it right,” don’t have birthright citizenship.
minus-squareCircuitGuy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·19 days agoI have nothing against them, but Germany, France, and Sweden should not be models for US government.
minus-squareLucilinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·20 days agoWas. And yet Trump 2.0 acts like it still is. Curious 🤔
minus-squareSoftTeeth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 days agoDo you have a link to someone reporting on Congress amending the constitution?
minus-squareSoftTeeth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·20 days agoSo the constitution says that right now? Or are you still stuck mentally in the civil war?
It’s in the constitution. So yeah.
As was race/gender inequality. Is the Constitution just a piece of paper written by rich white slave owners or a static document of supreme law?
Neither, it’s a flexible document and has been amended many times. 27 times, to be precise. Removing birthright citizenship would require a constitutional amendment.
Ding ding ding
There’s a reason that Germany, France, Sweden - y’know, all the European countries that “do it right,” don’t have birthright citizenship.
I have nothing against them, but Germany, France, and Sweden should not be models for US government.
Was. And yet Trump 2.0 acts like it still is.
Curious 🤔
Do you have a link to someone reporting on Congress amending the constitution?
So the constitution says that right now?
Or are you still stuck mentally in the civil war?