the senator who wrote the citizenship clause in the 14th amendment, howard of michigan explained the point of it on the senate floor at the time. the amendment will not, of course, include persons born in the united states who are foreigners, aliens who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers. again, the amendment was designed to ensure that newly freed would be treated as the american citizens they were. the point was to enfranchise african-americans. the point was not to enable the rest of the world to scam our system, to abuse our generosity. trump s proposal will get us closer to the purpose of the 14th amendment and for that he is being denounced, naturally, as a racist. if listen to some of the dumb people on tv. what used to be five years ago, ten years ago, dog whistles to appeal to the fears of white voters now are just stated openly. the principal debate, the
absolutely. every one of us who are lawyer, public officials, take an oath to uphold the constitution and to right to write out something as important to the citizenship clause to the 14th amendment is just irresponsible. i think he thinks americans aren t going to figure this out, that we can t walk and chew gum. we re going to vote against anyone who supported it tomorrow. gloria, thiru, thank you very much. we ll take you back to pittsburgh where the president just landed moments ago. also, the justice department is now investigating interior secretary ryan zinke for possibly using his office for personal gain. those details ahead. (vo) this is not a video game. this is not a screensaver. this is the destruction of a cancer cell by the body s
there. and the citizenship clause in the 14th amendment has not been litigated all the way up to the supreme court. however, richard posner who is not known as a conservative idealogue does not believe the constitution would have to be amenned because of the original understanding of what the citizenship clause applied to. without getting too wonky in the weeds here, it all depends on what the phrase subject to the jurisdiction thereof pertains to. and what it circumscribes. so it is interesting that trump kind of lay this is down as a marker. and that now everybody else is having to react to it. i would submit it would be a smart thing for someone believe it or not like a jeb bush to embrace or maybe even a scott walker. then it would look like he s taking a step toward enhancing credibility on enforcement. throw something to the conservatives on immigration and maybe then they would look at you in a different way or say maybe he is going to do something on enforcement and good deal
there. and the citizenship clause in the 14th amendment has not been litigated all the way up to the supreme court. however, richard posner who is not known as a conservative idealogue does not believe the constitution would have to be amenned because of the original understanding of what the citizenship clause applied to. without getting too wonky in the weeds here, it all depends on what the phrase subject to the jurisdiction thereof pertains to. and what it circumscribes. so it is interesting that trump kind of lay this is down as a marker. and that now everybody else is having to react to it. i would submit it would be a smart thing for someone believe it or not like a jeb bush to embrace or maybe even a scott walker. then it would look like he s taking a step toward enhancing credibility on enforcement. throw something to the conservatives on immigration and maybe then they would look at you in a different way or say maybe he is going to do something on enforcement and good deal
your mother in the context of slavery. the first gift that an enslaved black woman gives to her child is the status of slavery. we made reproduction it th th process of enslavement. for women who made it ends up being a more difficult thing. we hear anchor baby on the one hand. for latinas. if immigration is racialized, how is it also gendered. there are lots of examples. i think it s 1875 which specifically is designed to stop chinese women from coming to the united states because of the idea that they would come and then repopulate the united states with more little chinese babies. as a result, you also think about the moves against the 14th amendment and the citizenship clause to eliminate birth rate citizenship and change that from the right of soil and to right of the blood. there are many ways they may not be specifically coded or written as gendered laws.