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> Changing it would require a constitutional amendment. That's a matter of opinion. "Settled legal doctrine" changes all the time. Every administration advance
by jack9 10y ago
> Changing it would require a constitutional amendment.
That's a matter of opinion. "Settled legal doctrine" changes all the time. Every administration advances their own agendas by changing the context and arguments or straight up defying a prior decisions. Stating a "my best guess is it needs an amendament" is the only thing that can be said. This is not the same as saying "can't happen without an amendment".
- pvg 10y ago"Settled legal doctrine" changes all the time. Can you think of one with as strong a constitutional basis as birthright citizenship that "changes all the time"? The US government under multiple administrations struggled mightily for decades to revoke the citizenship of a single naturalized Nazi. No administration has the slightest chance of depriving millions of current citizens of citizenship by having strong feelings about it.