Republicans Say: No BIack PPL Can Be Citizens (So Kamala Can't Be PREZ) 

Trump's mother was born in Scotland......

How were slaves breaking the law by running away? Property cannot break laws. Is my phone breaking the law by running away into the couch, thus stealing itself? I love how they just had to have it both ways.

John Brown wasn't popular until the Civil War proved him right.

Conservatives have started saying the quite parts out loud.

George Washington's parents weren't born here either.

My understanding of this (not a lawyer) is that Dred Scott was overturned by the 14th amendment and that Kamala Harris has already been legally deemed eligible to become President under the 12th amendment when she ran for and was elected Vice President four years ago. So they're a little late to the party here.

Really? Last time republicans checked, she wasn't black.

They tell us time again we're other. Paul Ryan saying Obama was "uniquely unqualified" to be president. Pence saying that Americans know they don't have to choose between police and their African American neighbors. McConnell saying that African Americans vote to a similar rate as Americans. Tell me how you really feel.

Jus soli, right of soil. If you are born in America you are American. Its that simple. GOP should go back to school. I learned this in HS.

You didn't mention my favorite part! Before Dobbs, anti-choicers would constantly compare roe v wade to dredd Scott as a means of showing just how wrong the supreme court can be. Conservatives being hypocrites isn't exactly a ground breaking observation, but it's worth noting in times like this.

If German kids can learn from age 10 (and sometimes younger) what happened there 100 years ago, American TEENAGERS can and fucking SHOULD learn in detail what happened here. Maybe then people would be more committed to making the world a better place. What my grandparents generation did doesn’t define me, any more than it does them, it just compels me to do better.

Gosh, if a fight over this makes it to the supreme court, I wonder how Clarence would vote.

Worstt decision prior to the Immuinity case, at least... This SCOTUS is so lawless that we can't count on them not going along with this.

They want to bring back the low standards where they are practically kings. Just anything to put "undesirable" people down.

VP Harris’s mother was Indian (from Madras), her father is Afro-Caribbean, specifically Jamaican. And yes, the US has birthright citizenship. 14th amendment. I’m pretty sure there are plenty of “originalists” who don’t want to get rid of all constitutional amendments, since that would also mean the 2nd amendment goes bye-bye.

Andrew Jackson's parent were both born in Ireland, and I do find it funny that Trump's favorite president proves that Kamala can be president

If both parents have to be citizens at the time a person is born AND they have to be born on US soil, then John McCain would not have been eligible, because he was born in Panama and didn't get citizenship until he was 11 months old. Ted Cruz was born in Calgary and his father was not a US citizen at the time, so he's doubly disqualified. Obama's father was never a citizen, so Obama was never qualified either.

Well, if Charlie Kirk or Steven Crowder asks some dumb "change my mind" question about constitutional racism, here is your example to cite.

They do realize they disqualified their’ own orange-aide discount savior right? His mother was from Scotland.

Who ever says slavery isnt bad hasn't been forced to watch roots in their history class

GOP: “We’ve _also_ finally found the rule that says a dog can’t play basketball!”

Citing Dred Scott for a legal argument in 2024 is incredibly funny.

That is just the quietest part said SO LOUD

Blatant, in the open, RACISM . And what about Thomas, how then can he be a Supreme Court justice 🤔

Then black people should be tax exempt.

When you know you're going to lose so you try to come up with new rules that turn your loss into a win.

Referring to migrants as "undocumented immigrants" instead of "illegal aliens" is also relevant because the Republican immigration policies have been about curtailing LEGAL immigration. The "Remain in Mexico" policy, opposition to DACA, opposing pathways to citizenship, banning Muslims, lowering caps on refugees are all policies to make LEGAL forms of immigration ILLEGAL. There was a controversy in El Paso where a church was being targeted for operating a shelter for migrants who crossed the border. While the church wasn't requiring proof that they were here legally, they were located near El Paso's official port of entry and provided a place for people seeking asylum to stay while the process goes on. Referring to people as "illegals" is also dehumanizing and should be a very clear sign to someone that they're the bad guys. But it's also less accurate in the contexts it is being used. Both political parties want to end "illegal" immigration and both political parties want to put additional restrictions on legal forms of immigration. But only one party hate-mongers off of this position.

They keep on moving the goal post.

So if only people born in the states and have both parents is considered eligible to become president? Trumpy's mom was Scottish. His father was born in the states but grandfather was German. Bit tricky there then. So only half of trumpy could be eligible. But the question is which half?!

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell once said that black people can vote just like Americans when asked about voting problems black people have. Racism is endemic in our government.

Dredd Scott v Sanford was completely repudiated and corrected in the 14th amendment. Within the first few sentences of Section 1. AMENDMENT XIV Section 1. 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. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

oh boy i can't wait to hear what these blood and soil types think about native americans

The 14th amendment I believe indicates individual born in the US (on US soil) is a Natural Born citizen.

how stupid does one have to be to not only think that bringing up the dread scott decision in support of your claim was anything besides the worst decision one could make, but to also do so without realizing that it was shot dead by the 14'th amendment?

this reminds me of my college friend who always used to say: "I really feel a connection with Obama. We're both the children of white single moms from Kansas.:"

We might all remember that we all originated in Africa, the cradle of humanity. Rather amazing, really. “Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.” Carl Sagan

When they clam that they are quoting the U.S Constitution word per word they are lying because the part in which they say that "shall be eligible" is in Article II, Section I, Clause VI in the manner that they clam is not right whatsoever. Instead it is written as: "No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President." Notice how the part "shall be eligible" is nowhere except at the end of the sentence and not at the beginning after "No person except a natural born Citizen" like they clam.

Whoever writes a legal opinion that cites, as its foundational case law, _Dred Scott v Sanford,_ sould be referred to the answer given in _Arkell v Pressdram_ and laughed out of the court. Not necessarily in this order.

Pretty much their Argument is Article II under the interpretation as laid out in a 1857 Supreme Court decision and thinking that is "originalist interpretation"... the problem of course is that the 14th Amendment altered Section II's Citizenship clauses, and thus negated the 1857 interpretation, as the "original intent" of Section II was modifed in effect by the language of the 14th Amendment.

My question is, where was this crap with Obama? Like, my guys. My dudes. If *this* was gonna be the route you were gonna go, where was this back during Obama? You can't have previously had the FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT EVER and then pull this the second a Black WOMAN tries to take the hot seat like lol Stg this is some "The card says moops" bs

@11:40 I mean, if the enslaved prisoners retaliated against the guards, I doubt the news would cheer.

I mean to be fair to history, people/society probably condemned slaves violently escaping slavery back then too.

So how does this apply to Clarence Thomas? Can a non-citizen be a member of the Supreme Court?

There is the 14th Amendment which rectified that.🤷🏽‍♀️

I wish you the best of luck with your fund raiser. I am planning my escape to a somewhat more accepting place as well and I hope that the PNW is still a better option after this election.

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Birthers and such will say any nonsense. That being said, I think that natural-born citizenship is a daft criteria for being president. Every country produces diamonds and sewage as far as people go. Something else needs to replace it, preferably pertaining to formal or informal educational and psychological requirements, and also about not having a criminal record with felonies. Trump got in and that proves why it needs to change.

If you go by the 'one drop' rule I'm Native American even though I'm 1/16 to 1/32. I can't belong by tribal law. Mmmkay... Makes zero sense.

Just wanted to say I was a child slave from 6 - 13 in "domestic abuse" and it didn't feel like I was a person then and I still have a hard time coming to terms with that now. Every time you say "enslaved people" instead of just 'slave', it feels both wrong and really nice. I don't know why it feels wrong. I don't know if this is an issue with me because my shackles were society, psychological torture, and the threat, and carrying out of, physical abuse in response to my trying to run, my cage was the basement, closets, sheds, and . . . one time even buried alive head first for a few hours. I know that's not a cage but . . . I still feel like I'm in that hole so often. Wasn't actually "buried" but I couldn't breathe, I was deep enough, so deep only the person who put me there would ever find me . . . it was behind the retaining wall . . . I could have just . . . sorry. Went from . . . sorry for trauma dumping a little bit. It felt and still feels like the worst cage even though I was locked in the basement and closets FAAAAAAAAAAAR longer. Those just blend together. I've spent so much time locked up. But I don't feel like I have a right to call myself a . . . enslaved person. Or freed person. Or anything. I've been told I was a victim of slavery but it just . . . I know we aren't supposed to compare, but it feels like because I got out, because I didn't have physical shackles or metal bars keeping me held, I don't have that right. I know. I would never suggest that of anyone who had been in the same situation but only for a year, a month, even just a single day. I would never say they hadn't experienced slavery, a thing no person should. Because they had and it's so wrong and horrifying that it happens and can happen to anyone. Sorry. Just thank you. And seriously, it can, does, and IS happening. I'm sure that most people, if not all, know someone who is currently, or was, in that situation. And it can be so difficult to tell. And while it's no ones job to be on the lookout for any sort of abuse, except for those who's job it IS, it is so important to be willing to help if you DO spot it, are told about it, or anything. The amount of times I had people just look away when inhuman acts were being committed in public . . . far worse happened behind closed doors. Please don't look away. I know it can be difficult because so many are scared to say . . . He beat me, ripped my skin into shreds with a broken piece of tire he found on the highway in Wyoming going back to Kansas. So many cars were going by. I just remember wishing I could struggle out of his grasp and run into the traffic. I still think it would have been best. He's abused so many more children. ALWAYS little girls . . . not that many knew I fit that back then. I'm guessing he was one of the ones who could tell. I was bad at hiding it. But if that had happened while he was beating me for hundreds of people to see, he would have been in prison and wouldn't have been able to hurt anyone else. I turned my own eyes and let him keep doing it to others. I'm weak. I don't deserve to be called a survivor or an freed enslaved person, or anything else. I was just weak and let it happen to others. I guess I know what I'm talking about with my therapist next week :\ Just got off the call with them about half an hour ago . . . But yeah please anyone reading this please do not turn away when you see anyone being attacked. Be it by a parent, a stranger, police, it doesn't matter, it takes from you every time. And at best you stepping in against a bad person. At worst, you stepped in and saved someone from years of horrific abuse.

It seems to me that you could use Dread Scott to argue that if it's illegal to have abortions in one state then you can't cross state lines to have an abortion.

0:28 Is it seriously being suggested that Obama isn't black?

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DNA test trump to see if he's eligible to run for office then . And every other politician

Two words; Bruce Lee.

1000% mask off

Middernacht, really? Great name 😻

12:17 I mean, that kind of condemnetion absolutely happened at the time, it's not new, and it's important to understand. Remember that people of the future will judge current fascists just as harshly as we judge fascists of the past and fascists of the future will say stuff like "hrm actually the republican party was left wing because republics were invented by revolutionnaries" and then they'll call themselves national anarchist or something.

all of our presidents has been old white men :3 (yes obama counts)

Umm, why are you framing it based on being black? It is a wild mischaracterization of a ridiculous natalist argument. Their argument is that because her Indian mother wasn't a citizen when she was born she isn't a "natural born" US citizen. It has nothing at all to do with her black half.

If conservatives keep on, I don't think I care to keep on in this country. Other countries are looking better all the time. The land of opportunity, haha yeah right. Land of the free also yeah not really.