Sunday, August 15, 2010

Changing the 14th Amendment

This article is mainly talking about the idea of changing the 14th amendment. The 14th amendment basically states that anyone born or naturalized in the U.S. is a citizen. It uses the statements made by John Boehner the House Minority Leader. He thinks changing the 14th Amendment is "worth considering". The amendment has also been stated as the foundation of U.S. civil rights law in cases from Brown v. Board of Education to the newest decision of removing the ban on same-sex marriage in California. so it doesn't give many opinons or statements on other politicians which give it just a republican kind of article in my view.

1. What does the 14th Amendment guarantee?
-Citizenship to anyone born in the U.S.
2. What is the role of the House Minority Leader?
-To be the leader of the opposing party in power
3. How could John Boehner become an even more important figure in November?
-If he becomes Speaker of the House
4. What loophole does the 14th amendment create for illegal immigrants?
-giving birth in america
5. Define incorporation (in Chapter 4 or 5)
-the legal concept which the Supreme Court nationalized the Bill of Rights t through the 14th amendment
6. What is an example of a court case that used the 14th amendment as its rationale?
-same sex marriage in California
7. What do you think is Boehner's motive in getting the 14th amendment changed?
-to say the republicans care about what goes on

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