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> Let's take Birthright citizenship, which has been established in 1868. Is that American life enough for you? Birthright citizenship was to ensure freed slave
by brandonmenc 2y ago
> Let's take Birthright citizenship, which has been established in 1868. Is that American life enough for you?
Birthright citizenship was to ensure freed slaves could not be denied citizenship.
It's served its purpose and we can repeal it and join the vast majority of nations that don't have this pathway.
- SauciestGNU 2y agoOk, but if we want to repeal it there's a defined process for that. The president doesn't just get to declare people's citizenship invalid, that's Nazi shit. That's why I call Trump and everyone who tacitly or explicitly supports him a Nazi. He's trying to rule by executive fiat to enforce white nationalism.
- Braxton1980 2y agoAnd the 2nd amendment was for an armed milita to protect the country.
- mmooss 2y agoIf you want to repeal it, then convince your fellow citizens to do that. The president can't do it.
- brandonmenc 1y agoSomeone mentioned the 2nd Amendment in this thread. If a president stretched the limits of executive power to go after guns, half of the country would cheer for it. The Constitution is a living document, and the line is constantly pushed back and forth on its interpretation and enforcement.
- mmooss 1y ago> If a president stretched the limits of executive power to go after guns, half of the country would cheer for it. That's speculation about specuation about an undefined interpretation. We are bounded by law, including by the Constitution. > The Constitution is a living document, and the line is constantly pushed back and forth on its interpretation and enforcement. There is variation in interpretation, but within bounds. If you want to eliminate Constitutional gun rights, you would need to repeal the 2nd Amendment.