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[–] 38 points 6 months ago* (10 children)

And Chief Justice John Roberts, another conservative on the bench, also had something of a mic-drop moment when Sauer tried to make the point that “we’re in a new world where eight billion people are one plane ride away from having a child who’s a U.S citizen.”

Roberts replied: “It’s a new world. It’s the same Constitution.”

I expect this is where they pivot next. What does it take to amend the American constitution? Or what does it take to make a new one, given that they will try to justify that an old document does not fit the modern world

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  • [–] 23 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    It would be impossible in today's political climate.

    You need >66% vote in both House and Senate, or you need a Constitutional Convention called by >66% of the state legislatures. Then you need to ratify the amendment, which requires approval by >75% of state legislatures.

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    What could pass 75% of states?

    In this day and age it amazes me we ever had that level of consensus. Something is super broken.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago

    Same as how they passed prohibition.

    It's actually quite fascinating even as it is disconcerting.

    They lobbied state by state, and focused on a few key legislators, threatening their seat, until the rest fell in line.

    They didn't have to fight them all at once, so they could focus their resources.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Its been broken for a while. Just a reminder that the Equal Rights Amendment of 1972 isn't technically implemented because Virginia didn't ratify until 2020 and now there are questions of expired deadlines and recisions.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    It's so wild to think that 8 billion people are just lying in wait, with full wombs, waiting to hop on a plane to have an "anchor baby", all to pull a fast one on white xtian murica.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    That is 8 billion people in tax revenue! Or if you want to get more government about it, 8 billion potential soldiers. More capitalism? That is 8 billion people's worth of criminals to put in the for-profit prison system.

    With no immigration, this country as it politically and economically exists will eat itself from the inside out.

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