Amoxtli@thelemmy.club to conservative@lemmy.world · 11 days agoBirthright Citizenship Isn’t Realmises.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down15
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minus-squarePorto881@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down3·11 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-up4·10 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-up0arrow-down4·10 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-up1·9 days agoI have nothing against them, but Germany, France, and Sweden should not be models for US government.
minus-squareLuci@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 days agoWas. And yet Trump 2.0 acts like it still is. Curious 🤔
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 🤔