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re: Should Illegal Aliens count towards congressional representation?
Posted on 7/12/19 at 5:12 am to SlapahoeTribe
Posted on 7/12/19 at 5:12 am to SlapahoeTribe
quote:You quote the 14th, yet completely ignore the phrase that completely guts your argument. It amazes me that Buckeye has not addressed that oversight on your part.
when the right to vote ... is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, ... , the basis of representation therein shall be reduced ....
The total number of “persons” shall be counted, and that number shall be reduced by the number of “citizens” (NOT “persons”) who fit this description.
AGAIN, sometimes we must just ACCEPT that it does not say what we want it to say. Torturing the language to attain our desired results is Judicial Activism at its very worst.
This post was edited on 7/12/19 at 5:47 am
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Posted on 7/12/19 at 5:20 am to AggieHank86
While I will agree illegal immigrants should not be counted towards representation, the rub is that once they have children in the US, the children are US citizens.
So the one fallacy with Trump’s plan is that you are going to find just as many anchor babies that are here as there are illegal immigrants.
So the constitution would need to end birthright citizenship by an illegal immigrant.
So the one fallacy with Trump’s plan is that you are going to find just as many anchor babies that are here as there are illegal immigrants.
So the constitution would need to end birthright citizenship by an illegal immigrant.
Posted on 7/12/19 at 5:58 am to AggieHank86
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You quote the 14th, yet completely ignore the phrase that completely guts your argument. It amazes me that Buckeye has not addressed that oversight on your part.
Not an oversight; explained in another post.
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