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Rhiannon12866

(256,010 posts) Sun Apr 5, 2026, 11:25 PM Sunday

Kermit Roosevelt III: Trump's birthright citizenship stance aims to 'undo centuries of progress' - Velshi - MS NOW

The Trump administration is urging the Supreme Court to overturn birthright citizenship, which is clearly established by the 14th amendment of the Constitution.

“The administration is pushing legal theories that really would be disastrous for our national identity,” according to Kermit Roosevelt III of the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He says the administration’s argument puts forward the idea that the president “can undo centuries of progress just with a stroke of [a] pen.” - Aired on 04/05/2026.

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Kermit Roosevelt III: Trump's birthright citizenship stance aims to 'undo centuries of progress' - Velshi - MS NOW (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Sunday OP

Trivia: That's the great grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt. no_hypocrisy Yesterday #1

President Ted was a favorite of mine when perusing the history of our Presidents. FDR was a great admirer of TR also. SheilaAnn Yesterday #2

Thanks! I seem to remember this from history class, what a tragedy for that family... Rhiannon12866 Yesterday #3

no_hypocrisy

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1. Trivia: That's the great grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt.

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Mon Apr 6, 2026, 06:53 AM

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The "original" Kermit was killed over France during WWI, which broke the heart of TR.

SheilaAnn

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2. President Ted was a favorite of mine when perusing the history of our Presidents. FDR was a great admirer of TR also.

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Mon Apr 6, 2026, 12:03 PM

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Rhiannon12866

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3. Thanks! I seem to remember this from history class, what a tragedy for that family...

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Mon Apr 6, 2026, 07:17 PM

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