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The Side Door
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The Side Door
Trump’s new birthright citizenship orders puts The Kavanaugh Opening to the test

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I've written quite a bit about birthright citizenship, Trump's original executive order, and the Supreme Court's response.

So this isn't a rehash.

It's an update.

There are now two things worth watching.

The administration has found another way to attack the birth tourism problem, going after the machinery surrounding visa fraud, commercial birth arrangements, and the circumstances of the parents.

But Congress is moving too.

And that may be the more important development because it gets much closer to the path Justice Kavanaugh pointed toward in his opinion. If the Constitution and existing law don't give the executive branch the authority to settle the question by executive order, Congress may have another constitutional lane available to it.

That's the part I find most interesting.

The front door may be closed. But there is activity at the side door, and this time Congress is standing there too.

I've been following this story from the beginning. Here's the latest.

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Re: The Side Door
« Reply #1 on: Today at 02:59 pm »
This is funny.
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Re: The Side Door
« Reply #2 on: Today at 03:19 pm »
Quote from: Luis Gonzalez on Today at 02:59 pm
This is funny.

Meh.  I don't think Trump's side door is going to work, but it might give Kav an opportunity to make clear exactly what he wants Congress to do.
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Re: The Side Door
« Reply #3 on: Today at 04:02 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on Today at 03:19 pm
Meh.  I don't think Trump's side door is going to work, but it might give Kav an opportunity to make clear exactly what he wants Congress to do.

sigh…
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Re: The Side Door
« Reply #4 on: Today at 06:05 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on Today at 03:19 pm
Meh.  I don't think Trump's side door is going to work, but it might give Kav an opportunity to make clear exactly what he wants Congress to do.
We can't even get them to restrict the vote to citizens and require ID.

How can we expect Congress to close the birthright loophole?
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Re: The Side Door
« Reply #5 on: Today at 07:39 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on Today at 06:05 pm
We can't even get them to restrict the vote to citizens and require ID.

How can we expect Congress to close the birthright loophole?

We can't even get them to cut off 'free shit' to illegals or to prosecute people for entering the country illegally.
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