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So do we count tourists and foreign diplomats towards apportionment? While the enumeration clause says "persons", does anyone argue it includes tourists or foreign diplomats? If not, and they are lawfully present, why would "persons" include those not lawfully here? Illegals have no right to representation in Congress, just as tourists do not. Illegals have no right to, nor any lawful expectation to, residency. Heck, even J-1 temporary work visas cannot vote, yet they are taxed. i.e. taxation without representation. I believe if Congress made a law excluding all non-citizens it would be Constitutional. | |||
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^^^ I'm not arguing for this position. I am stating the current interpretation that is applied to the census and congressional apportionment. I agree only citizens should be counted, but I am not sure how SCOTUS would ultimately rule on that. They will get a chance to rule on birthright citizenship so that will be an indication. https://www.pewresearch.org/sh...use-reapportionment/ The apportionment of seats in Congress is required by the U.S. Constitution, which says that the census will be used to divide the House of Representatives “among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State,” except for enslaved people, who, until the late 1800s, were counted as three-fifths of a person, and certain American Indians. The 14th Amendment eliminated the partial count of enslaved people, and the total American Indian population was added later to congressional reapportionment calculations. The number of seats in the House was fixed at 435 following the 1910 census. Each state gets one seat, and the remainder are assigned according to a complex formula based on relative population size. The census count includes everyone living in the United States, except for foreign tourists and business travelers in the country temporarily, according to Census Bureau rules. For apportionment purposes since 1990, military and civilian federal employees stationed abroad and their dependents are counted as living in a state if they provided a state address in their employment records. The District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and U.S. Island area populations are excluded from the apportionment total because they have no voting representation in Congress. | |||
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No, not like Bill Clinton ![]() |
Trump was like a bulldog an that ABC pos | |||
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Get my pies outta the oven! ![]() |
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What a scumbag, I'm actually mildly surprised Trump didn't end the interview. The cocksucker admits he is no expert, yet he is fabricating the most heinous bullshit on national TV. This lying sack of shit is not going to be invited back. "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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Trump was right about NATO
The result of 60 years of Leftist pacifist policies. _________________________ “Remember, remember the fifth of November!" | |||
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https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1917608078792331462 1. This only applies to East CA. 2. CBP can still make detainments on the basis of reasonable suspicion and arrests on the basis of probable cause. The reason this went to her court in the first place was because CBP was accused of picking people up with no reasonable suspicion and holding them for up to five days. | |||
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No, not like Bill Clinton ![]() |
Wow. Insanity | |||
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You would think these liberal activist "judges" would get the hint. They will be arrested for obstructing and harboring illegals. SIG556 Classic P220 Carry SAS Gen 2 SAO SP2022 9mm German Triple Serial P938 SAS P365 FDE P322 FDE Psalm 118:24 "This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it" | |||
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Fully agreed! If they contest the deportation and cannot prove they belong here in a reasonable time (48 hours should be sufficient for most anybody), then out they go. But if they CAN prove they belong here, then they shouldn't be tossed out without the chance to prove their residency status! On the other hand, people that are known gang-bangers from foreign countries... well, I am happy to see them go ASAP! The .gov just needs to know they are mistaking that person for someone who belongs here. And if they are, yet are still a known gang-banger, then lock them up here and throw away the key! ____________________________ Bill R. North Alabama _____________________________ Classic West German P-Series Fan... Hammer-Fired Only! | |||
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Personally, I never leave the house without at least my wallet and cellphone. In case of some kind of accident, I want my identity known ASAP, and the ability for myself or responding EMS to contact my wife immediately! Just my personal opinion; nobody has to agree with it! Now back to Trump-related comments... ____________________________ Bill R. North Alabama _____________________________ Classic West German P-Series Fan... Hammer-Fired Only! | |||
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I believe today is 100 days. Pie-In-The-Face Ann Coulter, a big critic of Trump after he was elected in 2016 (she supported and campaigned for him), expresses her enthusiasm for the first 100 Days of this term. Plus her commentary on the Judicial vs. Trump is worth the listen. And this is 2 hours long, but worth the time. Trump's cabinet meeting in regards to the first 100 Days. And I agree with everyone here- these 100 days were awesome. "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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Interesting and positive take on current affairs:
____________________________________________________ The butcher with the sharpest knife has the warmest heart. | |||
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If you missed Stephen Miller’s press conference this morning, you missed a master class. The guy is amazing. He took no prisoners. | |||
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No More Mr. Nice Guy |
Very understated! I believe this will go down in history as the most consequential first 100 days in US history. Except maybe George Washington simply because he was establishing an entirely new paradigm. No other President has instituted so much change so quickly. No other President, again perhaps excepting Washington (and maybe John Adams), has worked for only the long term good of the country without any personal goal of future power or wealth. We frequently don't recognize the magnitude of world changing events as they happen. As the downstream effects of this administration evolve, the 2024 election is going to be one of very few events referred to as how things were before vs after. | |||
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Get my pies outta the oven! ![]() |
https://x.com/Legal_Fil/status/1916992468836294867 However, because the legacy media is so riddled with leftist activists suffering from stage 5 Trump Derangement Syndrome, they decided it wasn’t photo of the year. Instead, the White House Correspondents’ Association picked a black and white photograph of pudding brain Joe Biden dementia shuffling away from a podium, presumably lost as usual. | |||
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Step by step walk the thousand mile road![]() |
Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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Lawyers, Guns and Money ![]() |
Ann Coulter is always interesting. She says what she thinks, that's for sure. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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If I recall, she was a huge Chris Christie supporter in the 1016 primarys. | |||
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Only the strong survive![]() |
LIVE: Trump holds National Day of Prayer event at White House 41 | |||
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