"And Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof..."
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🗓️ 30 October 2018
⏱️ 12 minutes
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There's a clause in the 14th amendment that people wanting to change it continue to come back to: "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof." Today on the show, Professor Garrett Epps of The Atlantic joins us to explain why its absurd for Trump to think he can end birthright citizenship with an executive order and, also, why it's not absurd to talk about him wanting to change it.
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| 0:00.0 | Late this afternoon, President Trump touched down in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
| 0:04.2 | He was there to pay his respects to those killed at the Tree of Life synagogue over the weekend. |
| 0:08.7 | His wife and his daughter traveled with him, so did Jared Kushner, his son-in-law. |
| 0:13.1 | There were plenty of people who weren't there, though. |
| 0:15.7 | The mayor of Pittsburgh refused to appear with the president. |
| 0:18.6 | Congressman and senators declined to travel alongside him, too. |
| 0:22.3 | There were no speeches planned while he was there. |
| 0:25.0 | No rallies. |
| 0:26.2 | There were protesters. |
| 0:47.9 | But before stepping on Air Force One, the president did pop up on television to deliver a message, not about religious hate, but about immigration. |
| 0:51.2 | He was speaking to a reporter with the website Axios. |
| 0:56.7 | Now, how ridiculous, we're the only country in the world where a person comes in, has a baby, |
| 1:01.0 | and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States for 85 years with all of those benefits. |
| 1:01.8 | It's ridiculous. |
| 1:02.9 | It's ridiculous. |
| 1:04.0 | And it has to end. |
| 1:05.4 | Just a fact check here. |
| 1:06.2 | More than 30 other countries do have what's called birthright citizenship, including |
| 1:10.6 | Canada and Mexico. |
| 1:12.5 | It's guaranteed in the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. |
| 1:15.6 | On immigration, some legal scholars believe you can get rid of birthright citizenship without changing the Constitution. |
| 1:21.2 | In executive order. |
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