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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]JD’s wife and Vivek wouldn’t be US citizens.[/quote]

And lots of other people.  This is really silly to have a president just be able to change the Constitution with an order.  They're going to get rid of every other piece of the Constitution depending on who is in office.  [b]Change the amendment the way you're supposed to change the amendment.[/b][/quote]

This is my only beef with this. I'd be perfectly fine changing the parameters around birthright citizenship to be more in line with reality and avoid the birthing tourism that is a real problem. Do it properly. 
signed, lifelong Democrat
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This is not changing the constitution - just a policy of interpretation. Just like Congress interpreted the Commerce Clause as providing it enumerated authority to pass civil rights laws regulating small in-state businesses.  [/quote]

Apparently the wife of the vice president of the United States is a beneficiary of this policy.   It's good enough for the wife of the vice president of the United States of America, but it's not a good policy?  [/quote]

Not addressing the “goodness” of the policy, just that its an interpretation of the Constitution- not changing it. [/quote]

Great, then President Ocasio-Cortez can just "re-interpret" the second amendment to require membership in a well regulated militia as a condition of firearm ownership.[/quote]

This. I think it's hilarious to watch all the staunch defenders of the 2nd Amendment doing mental gymnastics trying to justify why changing the 14th Amendment by EO is fine.[/quote]

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