{"id":33192,"date":"2018-10-31T01:30:25","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T01:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=33192"},"modified":"2018-10-31T01:30:25","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T01:30:25","slug":"speaker-pushes-back-finally-against-potus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=33192","title":{"rendered":"Speaker pushes back, finally, against POTUS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan’s time in public office is running out, which I guess means he’s able — and willing — now to push back on the president of the United States, a member of his political party.<\/p>\n

Donald Trump has said he wants to issue an executive order to rescind “birthright citizenship,” a provision granted by the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n

Ryan, who is not running for re-election to his Wisconsin House seat, says his fellow Republican can’t do that.<\/p>\n

Ryan said, “We didn’t like it when (former President Barack) Obama tried changing immigration laws via executive action, and obviously as conservatives we believe in the Constitution. … I’m a believer in following the plain text of the Constitution and I think in this case the 14th Amendment is pretty clear, and that would involve a very, very lengthy constitutional process.”<\/em><\/p>\n

There you have it. A key congressional Republican leader has spoken out clearly against a Republican who’s hijacked the party under which he ran for public office.<\/p>\n

The 14th Amendment says that anyone born in the United States or naturalized in this country is a citizen. No doubt about it. Thus, an effort to rescind that provision would require, as Ryan noted, “a very, very lengthy constitutional process.”<\/p>\n

The president has plenty of executive authority. Trump was generous in his criticism of President Obama over his use of the authority. Changing the Constitution, though, doesn’t fit into the purview of a president affixing his signature to an executive order.<\/p>\n

Mr. President, stop this nonsense.<\/p>\n

“It was always told to me that you needed a constitutional amendment. Guess what? You don’t,” Trump said in an interview with Axios.<\/p>\n

Yes, you most certainly do!<\/p>\n\n

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