It takes someone as unlettered as Donald Trump to think he's attacking immigrants when he's also accidentally giving them diplomatic immunity.
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New midterms slogan: "Vote for Democrats, who believe immigrants should be subject to U.S. laws."
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Like, this is both incredibly dark and incredibly similar to a "Veep" episode. Selena is informed that her move to disenfranchise immigrants has in fact given them free rein to do whatever.
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He's not the smartest racist at the rally.
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Well at least Melonia can get out of her pre-nup.
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It’ll be interesting to see how those kids in the cages-the ones without parents now, because of US “policy”-turn out. The ones we’re depriving of care, education, and real homes. Pretty sure I’d hold a grudge about that.
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Wouldn’t he draft the EO more narrowly to make not “subject to the jurdisdiction” of the US only for the purposes of the 14th amendment. This whole thing is a nightmare.
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Seems pretty implausible. But if it gets beyond a shameless political stunt & they try to actually execute it, it’s not going to come down to who has a defensible legal argument - it’s going to come down to what Trump’s SCOTUS picks want to do. Then we all get to revolt!
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The argument (which is bunk) is that the 14th Amendment was specifically meant to overturn Dred Scott, and that based on its legislative history (which conservatives supposedly don't rely on) that phrase in that context ALSO means "born of parents lawfully in the country."
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Including his retched kids.
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What scenarios could come from such a situation?
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Some dummy in my mentions yesterday did not understand what that part meant. Tbf he also didn't know that the Constitution explicitly ensures birthright citizenship so
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It gives rise to an entirely novel aspect to the concept of "Sovereign Immunity."
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And while we are interpreting, let's take a look at that whole militia thing.
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"Your immigration laws don't apply to me, I'm not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States!"
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This is both the most accurate and most hilarious response to what he's trying to do.
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Lol, what? No
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