President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he was planning to pardon those involved in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 as soon as his first day in office. Host Kristen Welker said, “I asked the President-elect if he plans to follow through on his campaign promise to pardon those who attacked the Capitol on January 6, including the more than 900 people who pleaded guilty to a crime.” Trump said, “I’m going to look at everything. We’ll look at individual cases. But I’m going to be acting very quickly.” Welker said, “Within your first 100 days, first day?” Trump said, “First day.” 83 years ago yesterday, America was brought into war with what was described then, and has been described consistently since, as a “sneak attack” by Imperial Japan. Then-President Franklin Roosevelt gave a speech on December 8th before Congress where he described it as a “Day of Infamy” where America was suddenly and deliberately attacked. What Roosevelt failed to mention is that he knew the attack was going to happen, the government had received copious warnings about what was going to happen, and those warnings were not only ignored but steps were taken to facilitate the Japanese attack. Everybody's known about Roosevelt's murderous trickery for years. I wonder why a splash is being made about it now. Is something else afoot? I bet there are lots of people who don't know about it, or else they think it's a conspiracy theory. Anyway, there wasn't a mention of Pearl Harbor on December 7th on any other news that I watched or read. I thought that was odd. I neglected to mention, interesting reading anyway; thanks. Speaking with President-elect Donald Trump about his plan to end birthright citizenship — which grants United States citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil — Welker tried to suggest the plan is unconstitutional by citing the first sentence of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment. After Trump confirmed that ending birthright citizenship is "absolutely" his plan, Welker said, "The 14th Amendment, though, says that, quote, 'All persons born in the United States are citizens.'" But there is a significant problem with Welker's quote, according to Lee. In fact, Welker omitted six words from the first sentence of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment — and those "words matter," Lee explained. Here is what the beginning of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment actually says: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. This means that Welker omitted the phrase, "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof," to create the illusion that Trump would be acting unconstitutionally if he sought to outlaw birthright citizenship. But according to Lee, that critical phrase empowers Congress to define what it means, and, therefore, to regulate birthright citizenship. "Congress has the power to define what it means to be born in the United States 'and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,'" Lee explained. "While current law contains no such restriction, Congress could pass a law defining what it means to be born in the United States 'and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,' excluding prospectively from birthright citizenship individuals born in the U.S. to illegal aliens."
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