Welcome back to the PFA podcast. Thank you to those who returned and welcome to those who are new.
The trio (JB2, CG, and Manimal) are back again with a civics lesson on the 14th amendment chatter from Trump, immigration as a whole and what this caravan could possibly mean, and the real outlook of the economy. This is another great episode full of thought-provoking content.
This is part 1 of 2. The second episode is just as good.
Show Notes
- Exclusive: Trump targeting birthright citizenship with executive order
- Fact Check: 14th Amendment On Citizenship Cannot Be Overwritten By Executive Order
- President Wants to Use Executive Order to End Birthright Citizenship
- So-called Birthright Citizenship, which costs our Country billions of dollars and is very unfair to our citizens, will be ended one way or the other. It is not covered by the 14th Amendment because of the words “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” Many legal scholars agree…..
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1057624553478897665?s=19 - U.S. Constitution › 14th Amendment
- Paul Ryan should be focusing on holding the Majority rather than giving his opinions on Birthright Citizenship, something he knows nothing about! Our new Republican Majority will work on this, Closing the Immigration Loopholes and Securing our Border!
Twitter > @realdonaldtrump - A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 – 1875
- During the debate over the first clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Howard argued for including the phrase “and subject to the jurisdiction thereof:”
“…[E]very person born within the limits of the United State, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the government of the United States, but will include every other class of person.”
Jacob M. Howard [Wikipedia]
- During the debate over the first clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Howard argued for including the phrase “and subject to the jurisdiction thereof:”
- Trump Administration Bricked On at Least Half of Its Executive Orders in 2017
- Benjamin Franklin once said: “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
- 866: The Immigration Migration and Jason’s Moral Dilemma
- Consumer Confidence Survey®
- 38 Odd Jobs That No Longer Exist
- US deficit rises 17% to the highest level since 2012
- “13 days ago I received this tip alleging an attempt to pay off women to make up accusations of sexual misconduct against Special Counsel Bob Mueller. Other reporters received the same email. Now the Special Counsel’s office is telling us they’ve referred the matter to the FBI”
Twitter > @yashar thread - The unintended consequences of Jamal Khashoggi’s killing
- Defense firms say Trump’s Saudi arms deal will create 500 American jobs, while Trump claimed as many as 500,000