Tag Archive: constitution

Jan
07

What Part of “Citizenship” Do You Not Understand?

Ahilan Arulanantham

Republican legislators in several different states revealed a new plan to deal with our broken immigration system. Their proposal requires the states to pass laws creating two classes of birth certificates — based on the immigration status of the parents of the child — and then to deny citizenship to those children whose parents do …

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Permanent link to this article: http://www.aclu-sc.org/blog/2011/what-part-of-%e2%80%9ccitizenship%e2%80%9d-do-you-not-understand/

Oct
21

Yes, Christine, There Is An Establishment Clause

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All about the Establishment Clause for those in need of a non-intimidating refresher course.

Permanent link to this article: http://www.aclu-sc.org/blog/2010/yes-christine-there-is-an-establishment-clause/

Aug
13

The Citizenship Clause: Anchoring the Constitution

Mark Rosenbaum is the ACLU/SC Chief Counsel.

Our Chief Counsel helpfully explains the citizenship clause.

Permanent link to this article: http://www.aclu-sc.org/blog/2010/the-citizenship-clause-anchoring-the-constitution/