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NewJeffCT

(56,830 posts) Tue Oct 30, 2018, 09:25 AM Oct 2018

If Trump can overrule the 14th Amendment via Executive Order [View all]

will the next Democratic president be able to overrule the 2nd Amendment the same way?

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If Trump can overrule the 14th Amendment via Executive Order [View all] NewJeffCT Oct 2018 OP

Excellent question. GoCubsGo Oct 2018 #1

Did I miss something? Been out of town for a few days. brush Oct 2018 #30

He is saying that he can recind birthright citizenship with an executive order. Blue_true Oct 2018 #34

Thanks for this info. Had no idea this was going on. brush Oct 2018 #38

I honestly think the Comey was a well meaning idiot that made a horrific decision that he regrets. Blue_true Oct 2018 #40

Trumpists have made their move. They control all branches of government onit2day Oct 2018 #42

Congress is needed. shithole wants to be like Iliyah Oct 2018 #2

He doesn't just want to be like Hitler, he's following his footsteps exactly so he is Hitler. lark Oct 2018 #20

Originally, in my understanding The Mouth Oct 2018 #3

I'd prefer not to go down that slope SimpleC Oct 2018 #4

I'd prefer not to do that, either NewJeffCT Oct 2018 #6

Brilliant! JaneQPublic Oct 2018 #5

go right ahead NewJeffCT Oct 2018 #8

Looks like Malcolm Nance reads you. JaneQPublic Oct 2018 #17

I'm guessing NewJeffCT Oct 2018 #21

You're selling yourself short, Jeff. JaneQPublic Oct 2018 #22

A point to wave in front of sTrumpets who think this is a swell idea... JHB Oct 2018 #7

If this president is not stopped... sanatanadharma Oct 2018 #9

Doubtful, their are few gray areas left with the 2nd. The 14th has been subject to less scrutiny Amishman Oct 2018 #10

You have a bad interpretation. Blue_true Oct 2018 #35

They will say this is not a "recension" The Mouth Oct 2018 #43

Maybe. But if the Court go along with that Monster, the country is done. nt Blue_true Oct 2018 #45

Legal? DownriverDem Oct 2018 #11

I would prefer sarisataka Oct 2018 #12

There are several things a president can do by exec orders.... getagrip_already Oct 2018 #13

The second amendment, according to all historians who have read elmac Oct 2018 #14

The Second was concerned more with protecting a young nation from armed invaders. Blue_true Oct 2018 #36

The president can't overrule the constitution. Jim__ Oct 2018 #15

If the republican Court does that, it just as well should burn every copy of the Constitution. Blue_true Oct 2018 #37

The point is: Richard D Oct 2018 #16

If Trump can, then there won't be a Constitution to overrule or a Democratic POTUS to do it. sarge43 Oct 2018 #18

There's good and bad about this. The good is that he can't do it, but the bad.... George II Oct 2018 #19

This is very dangerous area we have entered The Liberal Lion Oct 2018 #23

The divider in chief Farmergene Oct 2018 #24

It would be an overtly impeachable offense SpankMe Oct 2018 #25

It would not be impeachable, just null and void. Nitram Oct 2018 #27

He can't. Constitutional amendments cannnot be made by Congress or by executive order. Nitram Oct 2018 #26

No need to worry about that,,, Cryptoad Oct 2018 #28

This is not, in any way, an attempt to overturn birthright via E.O. It is diversion and distraction Tarc Oct 2018 #29

+1 He controls the news cycle leftstreet Oct 2018 #33

A lot of Americans are 1st generation birthright citizens kimbutgar Oct 2018 #31

He's pandering to his base Fritz Walter Oct 2018 #32

He can't. There is a trifecta of law on this. bronxiteforever Oct 2018 #39

What About Before That? RobinA Oct 2018 #41

Questions we never thought we would have to ask bronxiteforever Oct 2018 #44