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[Constitutional] Amendments

We have them.  Republicans are clearly aware of this, as noted by the oft-cited second and tenths such item.  (Well, half the of the second, anyway.) There’s also this:

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. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Unfortunately, Republicans are apparently unaware of this one, since recent legislation in both Arizona and Oklahoma rather clearly violate what is stated here.  Granted, it is all the way down the page at number 14… maybe they didn’t get that far.

  1. Legion | May 20, 2010 at 10:11 pm | Permalink

    Of course, in CT, we know all about this amendment. Thank god, Senators Lieberman (WTF-CT) and Brown (R-MA) are supporting the Terrorist Expatriation Act which lets the government revoke your citizenship if you ever finance or give resources to any groups on a list defined by the Secretary of State. Progress!