Power Line's Scott Johnson explains why it's really no big deal that Israeli commandos killed an American citizen in international waters. See, Furkan Dogan, despite being born in America, shouldn't really be considered a citizen, according to Johnson; he was a Turk, because he lived in Turkey. As for that pesky 14th Amendment, which states that anyone born here is a citizen:
Birthright citizenship is an anachronism, and in some respects a dangerous one, in an era when millions of people travel internationally and millions more enter the U.S. illegally, some for the specific purpose of having a baby here.
Conservatives love the Constitution, and get all self-righteous when it's suggested that it's not perfect as originally written...until it becomes an impediment to killing or torturing people who aren't the "right" color, or the "right" religion.
Birthright citizenship is an anachronism, and in some respects a dangerous one, in an era when millions of people travel internationally and millions more enter the U.S. illegally, some for the specific purpose of having a baby here.
Conservatives love the Constitution, and get all self-righteous when it's suggested that it's not perfect as originally written...until it becomes an impediment to killing or torturing people who aren't the "right" color, or the "right" religion.
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