Originalism Is a White-Supremacist Scam /1
Republicans made a con man president, but he just exposed their longest-running con.
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Republicans made a con man president, but he just exposed their longest-running con.
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Originalism=White Supremacist Scam /2
“What would George Washington think about Facebook? Or Alexander Hamilton about 3-D-printed assault rifles?
It is easy to discern what legislators meant by the 14th Amendment.”
“What would George Washington think about Facebook? Or Alexander Hamilton about 3-D-printed assault rifles?
It is easy to discern what legislators meant by the 14th Amendment.”
Originalism=White Supremacist Scam /3
“Millions of black people were born in America but had no rights as Americans.The 14th Amendment changed that &expanded our imperfect democratic project by granting not just legal personhood but also citizenship to formerly enslaved people.”
“Millions of black people were born in America but had no rights as Americans.The 14th Amendment changed that &expanded our imperfect democratic project by granting not just legal personhood but also citizenship to formerly enslaved people.”
Originalism=WhiteSupremacist Scam /4
The 14th Amendment begins, “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.”
The 14th Amendment begins, “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.”
Originalism=White Supremacist Scam /5
“Constitutional originalists should, therefore, be disgusted by Donald Trump’s claim that he will eliminate birthright citizenship by executive order—..as it flies in the face of the purpose and plain meaning of the 14th Amendment.”
“Constitutional originalists should, therefore, be disgusted by Donald Trump’s claim that he will eliminate birthright citizenship by executive order—..as it flies in the face of the purpose and plain meaning of the 14th Amendment.”
Originalism=White Supremacist Scam /6
“..in Dred Scott..Supreme Ctrelied on an originalist interpretation of the Constitution,reviewing the intent of the nation’s slave-owning founders &held that all black people &their children were to be permanently excluded from citizenship..”
“..in Dred Scott..Supreme Ctrelied on an originalist interpretation of the Constitution,reviewing the intent of the nation’s slave-owning founders &held that all black people &their children were to be permanently excluded from citizenship..”
Originalism=White Supremacist Scam /7
“Trump’s commitment to ending birthright citizenship, and the ensuing support from the Republican establishment, betrays the GOP’s stated allegiance to originalism.”
“Trump’s commitment to ending birthright citizenship, and the ensuing support from the Republican establishment, betrays the GOP’s stated allegiance to originalism.”
Originalism=White Supremacist Scam /8
“ It’s white supremacy—not originalism—that is the true guiding principle of the modern Republican Party.”
“ It’s white supremacy—not originalism—that is the true guiding principle of the modern Republican Party.”
Originalism=White Supremacist Scam /9
“Chipping away at the 14th Amendment functions to solidify America as the exclusive domain of the white and wealthy. This is, of course, the president’s, the originalists’—the white supremacists’—goal.”
“Chipping away at the 14th Amendment functions to solidify America as the exclusive domain of the white and wealthy. This is, of course, the president’s, the originalists’—the white supremacists’—goal.”
Originalism=White Supremacist Scam /10
“Rather than cannibalize the 14th Amdmt,it is of utmost importance to build on its legacy of opposing racism by opposing the intellectually &morally bankrupt whose judicial philosophy is nothing more than a cover for brazen white supremacy.”
“Rather than cannibalize the 14th Amdmt,it is of utmost importance to build on its legacy of opposing racism by opposing the intellectually &morally bankrupt whose judicial philosophy is nothing more than a cover for brazen white supremacy.”
