by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings The Republicans in the Arizona Legislature have done as they threatened promised and introduced bills attacking the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship for children born in the United States. The Senate version is SB1309, introduced by Sen. Ron Gould and sponsored/cosponsored by nine other Republicans, including Senate President Russell … Read more
by David Safier I just posted about the four birthright bills Arizona Republicans are planning to file soon, and their hope the bills will be fought in court, to attack the 14th Amendment. But the thing is, when you go to court, you pile up court costs. Remember Kris Kobach? He's the guy who helped … Read more
by David Safier One, two or three are not enough. The Republicans are planning to file four — count them, Four! — birthright bills. The bills, which have not yet been introduced, would likely establish that an Arizona citizen must be a U.S. citizen. They would define a U.S. citizen as someone who was born … Read more
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by David Safier NOTE: This is my first post since Saturday that deals with a topic unrelated to the tragic shooting of Giffords and others. After being able to think of little else since then, I'm ready to expand to other topics. David Schapira is introducing legislation to ban racial profiling by police officers. The … Read more