Citizenship and the Census: How the Supreme Court got this one WAY wrong
This is actually a brilliant legal strategy and to me would be a completely legal and necessary use of Executive Privilege in spite of a baffling Supreme Court decision (5-4 with Roberts on the wrong side).
We need citizenship data to properly constitute the House of Representatives. That it would severely undermine the Democrats attempts to get illegals voting is a happy byproduct.
We need citizenship data to properly constitute the House of Representatives. That it would severely undermine the Democrats attempts to get illegals voting is a happy byproduct.
Thank you Blair.
The rational that the request was "pretextual" was a travesty and Roberts proved again his true colors. In highly consequential cases he always sides with the left.
Trump should use EP to add it to the census. He should take advantage of EP that he has done sparingly so far.
For the love of God, isn't it normal to ask about citizenship? What is Roberts afraid of? That his lefty friends will not invite him for the Georgetown dinner parties?
Apparently he adopted two children from Ireland which is illegal, according to Irish law.
So that can be used against him, technically.
Remember when Obama chastised him (and the Court) in his State of the Union address?
Roberts has not been the same ever since. Hussein's thugs may have warned him of the consequences of being recalcitrant.
I'm looking for a way to get rid of him that he might consider.
What does the left have on him? The census question is necessary to determine who is an actual legal citizen and who is not. Simple.
The left does not want it cuz it costs them seats at the government table and fed funding in their districts. That is easy for even an old guy like me to see.
I want to see that question on the census.
Punctum.
To wit: "Democrats want to count illegals as population to increase their seats in the House and to gain electoral votes."
So there is more to this Jackass Party dirty pool than illegals with state driver licenses getting to personally vote.
Article I, Section 2:
Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.
One must be a willing and legal participant in this nation - and owe no foreign allegiance - to be counted for purposes of either Representation or Citizenship. Otherwise all we do is dilute and degrade our own citizens' powers and grant foreigners undue influence in our political process. This is precisely what the Democrats want and it will lead to the destruction of the rule of law in our nation if we allow foreigners to determine Representation in the House.
With all the central americans coming across the border, more than likely they will bring "there, here" with their systems of "justice".
Feudal cartels and hired henchmen to settle disputes in some areas.
Wanna be a 3rd world sh*thole? The left would love it.
Just sayin'.
They are already here. Drug cartels and MS13 are but two of many examples.
As to what mentalities get brought with them by illegals, it is a huge problem, I agree. We must have one source of law (the Constitution). But that only emphasizes why the immigration process needs to be fixed so that those who immigrate take on the values of this nation. The classic example is Sharia Law - which can not coexist with the Constitution. Any who wish to immigrate here must abandon any other source of law and accept the Constitution or they should not apply for citizenship. No man may serve two masters.
I am all for changes to our immigration system. I believe that it has been intentionally undermined for political purposes by Democrats. Part of that should be clarifying entry rules, establishing firm borders and qualifications for entry, and prosecution and extradition of those who ignore our laws, but that is for another post.
It is well known that Muslims will never do that, even the peaceful ones (if there is such a thing).
Specifically addressing the issue, they repeatedly claimed allegiance to the Quran vs the Constitution, It is against their religion to do otherwise..
Wonder if the two Muslims in Congress - Omar and Tlaib - were asked this question, and if so, how did they answer it?
It really doesn't make much sense to do the census just on the number of persons present in the country, without reference to their citizenship. It is the voters in the country who are supposed to be represented, isn't it? But do the people who fill out the census forms sign their names, or are they anonymous? I don't remember whether I had to sign my name the last time.
I have done similar things on various gov't forms. Several years ago I got a notice of jury duty. At the end of the questions on the form it asked if I was caucasian black hispanic etc. I checked other and wrote AMERICAN. I don't know what difference it made what I was. This was in Florida. I heard nothing from them.
On the other hand I take the view that the only Constitutional question for the Decennial Census is how many people reside at this residence. All other questions reduce the response rate and create data for gerrymandering.
Next year I might answer the race/ethnicity questions as Hispanic African American and encourage others to do the same to make that data less useful for gerrymandering. Surprising the major parties are not asking their members to use specific race and ethnicity answers as a proxy for party preference to use VRA court rulings to require political gerrymandering and prevent future DoJ redrawing district lines.