We’re All Here Together: Black, White, Red, Yellow & Brown
That Cute Little Baby in the Arms of His Loving Mother, Is an American Citizen. No Question About It
In the same week, as the 250th birthday of the United States of America, is as fine a time as any to take a moment out, not only to celebrate the 250th year of the republic, but to exhale, as the highest court in the land did not waver in its duty to preserve the concept of birthright citizenship despite the ill intentions of the worst, most incompetent and traitorous individual ever to be elected to the presidency.
The 14th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America guarantees equal protection under the law, and due process before any individual can be deprived of life, liberty and property. Also, “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.”
Forgetting the legal jargon for a moment, the amendment put a kabash to the horrific Dred Scott decision of 1857. A horrendous adjudication which had deprived enslaved people of citizenship and other constitutional protections. The Dred Scott decision has subsequently, been firmly established by constitutional scholars and lay persons alike, as an abomination, and a tremendous mistake that was correctly tossed aside into the great dustbin of history.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, at the time, the infamous and bigoted, Roger B. Taney is surely burning in hell right now. If not, he deserves to be.