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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFunny tweet about Trump's plan to issue an Executive Order against birthright citizenship:
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Funny tweet about Trump's plan to issue an Executive Order against birthright citizenship: (Original Post)
tblue37
Oct 2018
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2naSalit
(86,643 posts)1. Okay, that's the tweet of the day!
dchill
(38,502 posts)5. That'll do it!
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)2. LOVE IT!!
Thanks, blue!
tblue37
(65,393 posts)3. Maybe Ted Cruz could read it in the Senate, the way he read "Green Eggs and Ham." nt
MyOwnPeace
(16,927 posts)4. Hopefully...........
he won't have the chance to do that if he's no longer a senator!
2naSalit
(86,643 posts)7. Exactly!
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)6. Great article, thanks! Also see Prof. Tribe's comments.....
Love this first paragraph.....
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It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties, James Madison wrote in 1785. President Donald Trump confirmed Tuesday that he plans to move from experimentation on liberty into widespread application of the tyrants playbook.
Thank you James Madison, and I'm delighted there's a deluge of legal experts like Prof. Epps and Prof. Lawrence Tribe speaking their mind very quickly to put the orange clown in his place, :
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Laurence Tribe @tribelaw: Its an understatement to say theres a consensus among experts that Trumps promise to end birthright citizenship for babies born in the USA to undocumented mothers is a legally untenable political stunt. No respected currently active scholar disagrees.
Link to NYT article referenced there: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/30/us/politics/birthright-citizenship-executive-order-trump.html
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