• Porto881@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    As was race/gender inequality. Is the Constitution just a piece of paper written by rich white slave owners or a static document of supreme law?

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      10 days ago

      Neither, it’s a flexible document and has been amended many times. 27 times, to be precise. Removing birthright citizenship would require a constitutional amendment.

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        10 days ago

        Ding ding ding

        There’s a reason that Germany, France, Sweden - y’know, all the European countries that “do it right,” don’t have birthright citizenship.

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      10 days ago

      Was. And yet Trump 2.0 acts like it still is.

      Curious 🤔