(07-09-2024, 10:33 AM)Lucky2Last Wrote: You guys still don't get Trump. It's weird. The dude speaks in absolutes, but he doesn't operate in absolutes. You guys fail to properly adjust your world view. As already mentioned in this thread, I am sure the legality of anchor babies could be interpreted by the Supreme Court. You'd have to actually make a law to find out how that works.

I do get him.  I've met people like Trump in real life. I've worked for people like Trump in real life. They have their good points. They can do business well. 

But if we're going to pick one of the 10 or so people in the entire world that get to launch nuclear missiles with a mere verbal command, we should be picking people who are much more precise and careful about the words they use! 

I mean you're right that Congress could pass a law saying that birthright citizenship only applies if one of the parents is legally present in the country, and then some immigrant rights organization would immediately sue, and then the law would immediately be put on hold, and then it would work its way up to the Supreme Court, and then we would see what they have to say a few years later. You're right that we could go through all of that. And it would be jarring to say the least to see the Supreme Court overturn literally 125 years of precedent on this question, but that's not what Trump is claiming he wants to do!

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