Recent Posts in 14th Amendment Category
Posted on Sep 7, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
Probably the last and most telling point to birthright citizenship is the abuses of extremists and some politicians to try to spread misinformation and just out and out lies regarding immigration and ...
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Posted on Sep 6, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
Yesterday we blogged about one type of scenario and what would happen if we did not have our current birthright citizenship law. Well here is another example to ponder, let’s say an undocumented ...
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Posted on Sep 5, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
Now let's talk about the legal can of worms that would be opened if we repealed our birthright citizenship law. What would happen? First of all, many people have a hard time looking at the big ...
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Posted on Sep 1, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
So we last left off yesterday asking if amending the 14th Amendment is even do-able? But first I would like to examine the reasoning for repealing it by Republicans. The conservatives love to use the ...
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Posted on Aug 31, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
A little brief history on Birthright Citizenship. Citizenship in the United States is under the jurisdiction of federal law and is governed by the United States constitution, which is covered by our ...
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Posted on Aug 30, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
Earlier this month the American Bar Association (ABA) made a resolution and a recommendation to the United States Senate to renounce any legislation to overturn our current birthright citizenship. As ...
Continue reading "American Bar Association Against Repealing Birthright Citizenship." »
Posted on Mar 2, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
The current assault on the 14th Amendment by some bigoted citizens and politicians alike is a very bad sign in this day and age. But to make things even worse is they would like us to return to some ...
Continue reading "A quick 14th Amendment history lesson lest we forget." »
Posted on Feb 10, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
Arizona state legislator Senator Ron Gould (R) is preparing to get another vote on a bill which would deny birthright citizenship next week. The legislation is looking to stop babies that are born to ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, from Texas (R) has chosen Representative Elton Gallegly of California (R), who is, in his own right just as much an anti-immigration politician as ...
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Posted on Jan 7, 2011 By Kretz & Romero, P.C.
With Representative Steve King (R) introducing a bill called, H.R. 140, in the United States House of Representatives at the end of business on Wednesday, which is looking to strip constitutional ...
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