There is a common misconception that the Constitution mandates that the US government grant citizenship to everyone born within the borders of the United
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.
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?