Discussion for article #239666
Because I am a weak little pussie who’s afraid to take a stand so I can straddle the fence or until I get orders from my masters
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Naw, its easier than that… he’s just a f@#king Pussy.
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“JUST TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO SAY!!!”
I hope his campaign ends up with him swinging from a noose in the Wisconsin Governor’s Office.
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…the longstanding practice of granting U.S. citizenship to anyone born on American soil…
You’re doing it again, TPM. This is not some ancient, unspoken tradition of the good ol’ USofA. It’s the actual law, a very clearly written Constitutional right. Please stop indicating otherwise.
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‘I’m Not Taking A Position’
Profiles in courage!
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Tradition???
c’mon TPM
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Profile in courage, that one.
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The idea of automatic citizenship was once fairly uncontroversial. The concept was “originally English common law that carried over to the colonies”, said Elizabeth Wydra, chief counsel at the Constitutional Accountability Center. The only exceptions in early American history were rare extenuating circumstances, such as the children of foreign diplomats based in the US or kids born in an invading army.
However, that stasis imploded when the US supreme court handed down its landmark Dred Scott ruling in 1857, declaring that no African American, whether free or enslaved, could be an American citizen. The decision is widely considered to be one of the court’s most dreadful rulings, and following the civil war, Congress debated how best to undo it. Reformers ultimately settled on including birthright citizenship in the text of the 14th amendment as a direct repudiation of Scott and reinstatement of earlier norms. Congress was, in effect, “embodying into the constitution what had previously been traditional”, Wydra said.
Walker can’t straddle the fence. To attempt to do so implies that he thinks that the constitution is equivocal on this point which it most certainly is not. Epic fail.
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New campaign slogan: Walker…the mealy mouth leadership America CRAVES!
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This is why he is sliding in the polls. His cowardice shines bright when he’s standing next to a craven buffoon whose billions make him feel entitled to say whatever comes to his mind.
He likes to say he is not intimidated. Yuh… okay.
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…what had previously been traditional…
That’s all fine and dandy, but it’s not “traditional” anymore, nor has it been since the creation of the 14th amendment. Therefore, it should be stated as the Constitutional right that it is and not just a “longstanding practice”.
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Walker: LEADING from Behind!!!11!1!
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I agree, there’s no quarrel here, but the context is important. The breaking of long-standing tradition in birthright citizenship common law was mediated, as were so many other miscarriages of justice, by the abominable institution that was slavery and the obsessive desire to keep it in place.
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Waffles are good for breakfast (well, not really if you are trying to lose weight) but are poison to candidates.
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His views on this issue are going in more directions than his eyes.
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Clear as mud, asshole…clear as mud.
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It seems clear that Tierney Sneed has thought it over, decided that the 14 Amendment is an optional opinion, and decided that birthright citizenship is merely a “longstanding tradition”. She has thus designated it in at least 4 stories in the past 24 hours.
Perhaps she hasn’t read the 14 Amendment. Perhaps she thinks Trump has a point. In any event, she never designates it a consitutional stipulation, and she is always wrong.
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"…by addressing the root problems we will end the birthright citizenship problem.”
WHAT birthright citizenship problem?
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I had high hopes that the GOP would nominate this fool – a candidate that even Hillary Clinton could be certain to beat. No such luck. He’s too stupid even for them.
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