Summary

Donald Trump signed an executive order to challenge birthright citizenship, targeting children of undocumented immigrants born in the U.S.

The order argues against the 14th Amendment, which guarantees citizenship for those born on U.S. soil.

It bars federal agencies from recognizing birthright citizenship and imposes a 30-day waiting period for enforcement.

The order is expected to face significant legal challenges, with critics calling it unconstitutional.

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    21 hours ago

    Can’t wait for the Right to recognize that if they normalize nullifying constitutional amendments with executive orders, the next Democrat president can just use that to nullify the 2nd Amendment that they’re so terribly fond of.

    Of course that assumes there will be another election some day.

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      15 hours ago

      the next Democrat president

      lol, cute of you to think there will be a “next election”.

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      20 hours ago

      next Democrat president

      LOL. Fascism is here. There will never be another Democrat president.

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        20 hours ago

        Fascism is here in part because Democrat presidents aren’t actually on a different team.

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          20 hours ago

          Trying to argue “both sides” on an article about a Republican trying to overturn the Constitution with an executive order has got to be embarrassing.

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            15 hours ago

            You mean like an article on the Dems in congress overturning the US Constitution via votes?

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          20 hours ago

          Ah the both parties are the same guy. Always here, never correct, never helpful.

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          20 hours ago

          I get the impression is that in your mind there are only two teams: people who agree with you 100% and everyone else.

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      19 hours ago

      Democrat president can just use that to nullify the 2nd Amendment

      Can, but won’t, because that would be “going low” and “we aren’t like them”

      You know, like cowardly dipshits

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      Yeah, if they let him start dictating constitutional amendments by executive order there definitely won’t be a next election.

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      20 hours ago

      I don’t think that’s a problem. Even if they didn’t plan to begin their dictatorship now, Biden had immunity and didn’t do a goddamn thing with it. Democrats don’t do anything.

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        19 hours ago

        POTUS immunity wasn’t a blanket grant of absolute power. It was just the same BS immunity that cops get for what they do as cops.

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            15 hours ago

            Close to it, maybe, but police can’t do a whole bunch of things. Like hold you forever without trial, or arbitrarily rape people with no consequences. Or shoot judges whose rulings they don’t like

            What they get away with is outrageous, but it’s not quite "absolute power "

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      19 hours ago

      Doesn’t work because the legal body is republican controlled. Only republican choices are above the law.