Here's Ann's new column and here are some quotes about the 14
th Amendment:
"Still, how could anyone... imagine that granting citizenship to the children of illegal aliens is actually in our Constitution? I know the country was exuberant after the war, but I really don't think our plate was so clear that Americans were consumed with passing a constitutional amendment to make illegal aliens' kids citizens.
Put differently: Give me a scenario... where guaranteeing the citizenship of children born to illegals would be important to Americans in 1868. You can make it up. It doesn't have to be a true scenario. Any scenario!
You know what's really bothering me? If someone comes into the country illegally and has a kid, that kid should be an American citizen!
Damn straight they should!
We've got to codify that.
YOU MEAN IT'S NOT ALREADY IN THE CONSTITUTION?
No, it isn't, but that amendment will pass like wildfire!
It's like being accused of robbing a homeless person. (1) I didn't; (2) WHY WOULD I DO THAT?" [Emphasis original.]
"...[W]e have noted legal expert Bill O'Reilly haranguing Donald Trump: "YOU WANT ME TO QUOTE YOU THE AMENDMENT??? IF YOU'RE BORN HERE YOU'RE AN AMERICAN. PERIOD! PERIOD!" (No, Bill -- there's no period. More like: "comma," to parents born "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States "and of the state wherein they reside.")" [Emphasis original.]
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