Keep the 14th Amendment - Enforce its Original Intent.

Who knew the 14th Amendment was such a hot topic in Modern America?

Eversince Senator Graham (R-South Carolina) touted the idea of removing "Birthright Citizenship" from the 14th Amendment a few weeks ago, many Conservatives have been fighting with each other on this subject nearly everyday on the merits of whether or not such a change should be made.

I've avoided the annoying debate for one simple reason: do we not have more important things going on in America than debating the 14th Amendment, and I was also sure that someone in the Blogosphere or the new media would eventually bring up the entire Citizenship Clause, which would render such a drastic call of repealing the 14th Amendment as unnecessary.

As far as I can tell - only one Conservative outlet has brought up the entire Citizenship clause in this debate, and that would be RedState, kudos to them. However, Senator Graham and Senator McCain are calling for congressional hearings on the subject, while talk show host Michael Savage is arguing the 14th Amendment is no longer needed, and Mike Huckabee is bringing less than nothing to the proverbial table.

If the ObamaCare debacle taught us anything, it should be that we really need to read the bill's we discuss, or in this case, the Amendment:

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.

The debate is officially over. Could we please file a lawsuit with the United States Supreme Court arguing that Citizenship for the children of illegal aliens is unconstitutional. And within the reason as to why illegal aliens have absolutely no right to American Citizenship, I would suggest a glance or two at the remarks of Senator Jacob M. Howard, the man who wrote the Citizenship Clause:

This (The 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause) will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of Ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons.

I rest my case.

P.S. (8:30) - Senator John McCain announced today that he has not called for Congressional Hearings on the Birthright Citizenship Clause and that a previous statement on the subject has been taken out of context.



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Republican Roll Call on Elena Kagan Nomination.

Elena Kagan has officially been confirmed as the 112th United States Supreme Court Justice and I am pleased to report that close to 90% of our Republican Senator's opposed her Nomination, which is something special when you take into account the lack of judicial filibuster's or even opposition by Republicans in a historical or present sense to Supreme Court Nominee's.

Here's the Senate Republican Roll Call on Elena Kagan:

Senator Alexander - Nay.
Senator Barrasso - Nay.
Senator Bennett - Nay.
Senator Kit Bond - Nay.
Senator Brown - Nay.
Senator Brownback - Nay.
Senator Bunning - Nay.
Senator Burr - Nay.
Senator Chambliss - Nay.
Senator Coburn - Nay.
Senator Cochran - Nay.
Senator Collins - Yea.
Senator Corker - Nay.
Senator Cornyn - Nay.
Senator Crapo - Nay.
Senator DeMint - Nay.
Senator Ensign - Nay.
Senator Enzi - Nay.
Senator Graham - Yea.
Senator Grassley - Nay.
Senator Gregg - Yea.
Senator Hatch - Nay.
Senator Hutchison - Nay.
Senator Inhofe - Nay.
Senator Isakson - Nay.
Senator Johanns - Nay.
Senator Jon Kyl - Nay.
Senator LeMieux - Nay.
Senator Lugar - Yea.
Senator McCain - Nay.
Senator McConnell - Nay.
Senator Murkowski - Nay.
Senator Risch - Nay.
Senator Roberts - Nay.
Senator Sessions - Nay.
Senator Shelby - Nay.
Senator Snowe - Yea.
Senator Thune - Nay.
Senator Vitter - Nay.
Senator Voinovich - Nay.
Senator Wicker - Nay.

36 Republicans voted no, only 5 Republicans voted yes. And if you remember as I do, close to a dozen Republicans supported Sonia Sotomayor last summer, while a majority (29) opposed, and I have just one more thing to note on this subject: Senator Nelson was the only Democrat to oppose Kagan.

Any thoughts as to how our Republican dissidents should be handled?

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How many Republican Senators will oppose Kagan?

With the Senate Judicial Committee voting on the President's second Nominee to the United States Supreme Court, current Solicitor General Elena Kagan this week, and with the entire US Senate voting on her Nomination within the next few weeks, I feel it's necessary to rollcall/guess how many of our Senator's will oppose Ms.Kagan.

Let us start with these statistics:

72.5% of the Senate Republican Conference opposed the Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court last summer. 11 Republicans supported her.

77.5% of the Senate Republican Conference opposed the Nomination of Elena Kagan to become the Solicitor General last spring. 6 Republicans supported her.

We already know that Ms.Kagan will receive more opposition from Republicans than Sotomayor did last summer, on account of her opposition to Military recruiters on campus, her stonewalling of US Senators, and the fact she is far more liberal than anyone anticipated. However, the expected opposition cannot be determined accurately.

Why?

1. Senator's Cochran, Ensign, and Graham were not present during the entire Solicitor General Senate vote in March of last year.

2. Senator's Coburn, Hatch, and Kyl supported Kagan's nomination for Solicitor General, but we know Hatch opposes her Nomination to the Supreme Court, leaving more speculation in the air as to who could flip one way or another.

3. Senator Martinez is no longer apart of the Senate (he voted against Kagan), as he resigned and was replaced by Senator LeMieux, who just happens to have no record whatsoever on Kagan.

At the least we should be able to expect 35 or 36 Republican Senator's to oppose Elena Kagan's nomination to the Bench, with the entire Democratic Caucus supporting her. That's just a guess on my part, but we'll find out soon enough.

Thoughts?

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