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In the Trump administration’s arguments defending his order to suspend birthright citizenship, the Justice Department called into question the citizenship of Native Americans born in the United States, citing a 19th-century law that excluded Native Americans from birthright citizenship.

In a case on Trump's birthright citizenship executive order coming out of Washington, Justice Department attorneys quote the 14th Amendment, which reads that “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside,” and hang their one of their arguments on the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.”

“Under the plain terms of the Clause, birth in the United States does not by itself entitle a person to citizenship. The person must also be ‘subject to the jurisdiction’ of the United States,” the filing reads.

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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 78 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yeonmi-park And in bad country, the colonists who invaded 400 years ago won't even let the people who lived here first and owned the land be citizens anymore.

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 61 points 1 year ago

Literally how you get stateless people.

I hope hell is real so these cackling demons can be sent there where they belong.

[–] iByteABit@hexbear.net 47 points 1 year ago
[–] dunidane 38 points 1 year ago

Fuck we are a terrible disappointment.

[–] mar_k@hexbear.net 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

and the mainstream media defending this guy and his people, and going infinitely easier on him than his first term. i guess it's because he became a little less clownish-incompetent-fash and a little more semi-serious-cutthroat-fash. might have to wait for him to get toilet paper stuck on his shoe again for any real criticism or condemnation of him.

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

remember when the libs thought the whole house of cards would come tumbling down because he tweeted Covfefe

[–] BabyTurtles@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At least the libs were fighting back then, now they've fully given up.

[–] Yeat@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

Given up? We’re ready to vote right f***ing now if we could

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If they're not subject to the jurisdiction of the USA, don't they have immunity from prosecution?

[–] Runcible@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

I guess in this scenario they would survive arrest all the way through extradition?

[–] GaryLeChat@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why do the First Nations not form militia bands?

[–] jack@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

They were fully militarily defeated over a century ago. They are less powerful now and against a more powerful US state. They can't do it alone.