The Plutocracies Best Friend, Tom DeLay "The Hammer."
There is the 16th amendment and the 18th amendment. The Republican montra is dangerous. We witnessed its dangerous priorities with Bush and Cheney, now this.
The Republicans have no respect for citizens to begin with and now citizens born in the country with obviously no responsiblity in illegally immigrating here are to be considered the same as 'foreign dignitaries' and denied any rights to citizenship under the USA Constitution.
That is not only bizarre, it is bigoted. It only goes to prove 'The USA Constitution' gets in 'the way' of the Plutocratic goals of the RNC.
Babies, they are picking on babies now.
Below is the PROCEDURE to add Amendments to the USA Constitution. It would take an additional amendment to change the 14th Amendment. The 14th Amendment would have to be repealed. It is a lengthy process and won't happen overnight. The Congress can pass Immigration Reform before a repeal of the 14th Amendment ever happened, if at all.
It takes two-thirds of the both houses of the federal legislature to pass an amendment to repeal the 14th and then it takes three-quarters of the state legislatures for 'State Ratification.' State Ratification requires two-thirds of the State legisatures to ratify an amendment to the USA Constitution.
It would take ratification of a repeal amendment by 37 or 38 states before it would take effect.
This is nothing but an ideological 'trick' for political fodder. It will never happen. Right Wing 'thunk it up' tanks like dreamscapes rather than reality.
Article V - Amendment
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.
