[nobody9999]

>> Petition to change laws

>change what law, lol, it's in the constitution.

To be fair, the Constitution is the law of the land.

And it can be changed. You just need 2/3 of each house of Congress and the legislatures of 3/4 of the states to agree that such a change is a good idea.[0]

It's hard to do (and rightly so), but absolutely doable -- in fact, we've done it 28 times already.

[0] Meaning any such change would require broad-based support. Which is a good thing, imho.

[magicalist]

> And it can be changed

Again, change what? Birthright citizenship has been in the constitution plain as day for 157 years.

"Petition to change laws" is a ludicrous suggestion of a remedy when it's already in the US constitution

[nobody9999]

>Again, change what? Birthright citizenship has been in the constitution plain as day for 157 years.

>"Petition to change laws" is a ludicrous suggestion of a remedy when it's already in the US constitution

And where did I say otherwise? The amendment process is what it is. Removing birthright citizenship via the amendment process is unlikely in the extreme.

As for me (An American), I think birthright citizenship is a good thing for the US.

How long it's been in the Constitution is irrelevant. It's the supreme law of the land which can only be changed via an arduous (and rightly so) process.

Petitioning "to change laws" isn't ludicrous at all. In fact, that's also enshrined in the Constitution, and for much longer than birthright citizenship.

As to whether or not one might be successful with such petitioning to modify the constitution to remove/redefine birthright citizenship is another thing altogether.

If folks want to spend their time and energy on such a likely fool's errand, they should have at it IMNSHO.

While I don't think the 14th amendment should be changed, I don't have anything to say about whether others should be allowed to advocate for such a change -- as that's the right (via the First Amendment) of all folks in the US to advocate for all kinds of stuff.

And I have just as much right to be vocal in my opposition to such changes.

As such, despite how much you might disagree (I certainly do), please don't advocate for silencing others -- because if they can be silenced, so can you, or me.