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Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.Benjamin Franklin
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Stossel on Why Government Can’t Build Broadband or Charging Stations… Or Anything!
McClanahan on Trump Ending Birthright Citizenship?
McClanahan is wrong on this issue and I recently wrote a series of tweets on this. I'm annoyed enough to want to put this on my growing list of commentary posts. Briefly, birthright citizenship was inherited through English common law; there was a separate principle which provided exceptions to birthright citizenship, e.g., slaves. That is the motivation for the clause in the Fourteenth Amendment. As to the "subject to the jurisdiction" point, he's wrong. think about diplomatic immunity.[ "[D]iplomats are immune from prosecution in their host countries, even for serious crimes like murder. Ambassadors and other diplomats are in principle still required to follow local laws. But if they don't, their host country can't prosecute them."] We don't treat aliens as diplomats The alleged Venezuelan murderer of coed Laken Riley is being prosecuted. McClanahan just ignores cases preceding the 14th Amendment discussing this issue in states and the federal government. Brion is wrong about Congress being able to redefine the Fourteenth Amendment. They would need an enabling constitutional amendment. And Brion is wrong about immigration costing Trump the 2020 election. He had a poor job approval for other things like a bad economy and his handling on the pandemic. The issue wasn't so much he alienated his xenophobic base; Congress wasn't delivering funding for his wall. I think he says somewhere that they blamed him for failing to cut legal immigration. In fact, he severely cut legal immigration, especially during the pandemic. These are just a few things off the top of my head. I don't have a transcript of the show; I'm sure he said other stuff I don't agree with.
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Musical Interlude: Christmas 2024
Bing Crosby, David Bowie - Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy
