Saturday, May 29, 2010

Rand Paul wants to violate Fourteenth Amendment

I know that an Establishment politician like Rand Paul using racially tinged arguments doesn't comport with the media's narrative about Paul's alleged greatness, but anyway...

Paul - the Republican candidate for Senate in Kentucky - now says he wants to withhold U.S. citizenship from children born in the United States, if their parents are undocumented immigrants.

I shouldn't even have to tell you that Paul's idea blatantly violates the Fourteenth Amendment, which plainly declares, "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."

I'm not even going to argue about this. Paul's stance is cheap elitism, and it's unconstitutional.

Then again, if Paul got his way on this, how would it be enforced, considering that it seems like he wants to privatize the whole government and all?

It gets worse, as Paul resorts to outright race-baiting as an excuse for his position. He said the reason the law hasn't been changed to agree with his stance is that the Democrats are just trying to pander to Hispanics. Um, no, Rand. The reason the law can't be changed is that it would be unconstitutional to change it, smartypants.

Rand Paul's Senate run is shaping up to be one of the most stupidity-driven major political campaigns in modern times - placing it in a tie with most other recent GOP campaigns.

(Source: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/?fbid=_8BKtDLzpMu)

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