Major news publications are paying attention to the fact that a Texas law against “homosexual conduct” is still in the Penal Code despite being ruled unconstitutional in 2003. That law isn’t the only statute to remain on the books after being declared unconstitutional, nor the only one dealing with offenses More…
A Florida judge ruled the entire Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unconstitutional on Monday in a case filed by 26 states, almost all of which have Republican governors. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, a Reagan appointee expected to rule against health care reform, said the individual health More…
This summer, Americans who hadn’t studied civics since eighth grade got a refresher on the 14th Amendment when several Republican senators called for its repeal. Now, that push is gaining considerable steam, but on the state level, where Republican state representatives across the country are planning to introduce More…
In the best-case scenario, Texas state Rep. Leo Berman hopes his state will be sued. The representative for Texas’ 6th District, along with more than a dozen other Republican state legislators across the country, plans to introduce a bill in the next session calling for his state to discontinue
Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce (R) is once again teaming up with Kris Kobach, an attorney running for Kansas Secretary of State, to write a new bill cracking down on illegal immigration in Arizona. The two worked together to draft SB 1070, a much-contested anti-illegal immigration law requiring police to More…
Opponents of SB 1070, Arizona’s much-contested immigration law, got a boost Friday when a federal judge ruled against the state’s efforts to block a lawsuit charging racial discrimination and unlawful search and seizure under the law. The lawsuit was brought by a coalition of groups including Friendly House More…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday he still would like to see hearings on abuses of the 14th Amendment by illegal immigrants who come to the U.S. to have children. Although he has not come out in support of changing the amendment to remove automatic citizenship More…
Add Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) to the list of Republican senators who have said they would support a review of “birthright citizenship.”
More Republicans voiced support for a possible change to the 14th Amendment to remove automatic citizenship for children born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Monday that he supports a review of the 14th Amendment, which Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said More…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren last night that he plans to push a constitutional amendment to remove “birthright citizenship” for children of immigrants born in the U.S.:
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