It takes more than a language to unify a nation

[David Bergdahl]

Isn't it the 14th Amendment?
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On 2/26/07, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:
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> >Aside---someone should inform Congressman King that the rule=20
> >about a person born in the US automatically being a US citizen is,=20
> >if I remember correctly, due to a Supreme Court ruling and=20
> >therefore cannot be changed by Congress.
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> Not necessarily -- if the Supreme Court was interpreting a Federal
> statute, then Congress (and the President) could change the interpreted
> law, and the Supreme Court ruling might well be moot.
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