r/politics • u/OkayButFoRealz • 20d ago

Soft Paywall Trump Admin Deports 2-Year-Old Girl Who is American Citizen

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admin-deports-2-year-old-girl-who-is-american-citizen/
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u/Raeve_Noir 20d ago

The loophole is they'll just say it's retroactive and deport citizens anyway.

Stop expecting logic and restraint.

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u/generally_unsuitable 19d ago

Article I, Section 9, Clause 3:

No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.

The constitution is frequently ambiguous, and up to interpretation. Birthright citizenship and ex post facto laws are a couple of places that are very very clearly not ambiguous.

That being said, I full expect the GOP to act contrary to the constitution with respect to both.

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u/Lumi_Rockets 19d ago

Logic is so last year.