Birtherism 2.0 cites the most racist and reviled Supreme Court decision to claim Oakland-born Kamala Harris is not a natural-born citizen.
The Dred Scott decision, which ruled that enslaved people were not U.S. citizens, is often cited as the worst Supreme Court decision ever, the National Archives states on its website. Also, it was “overturned by the 13th and 14th amendments to the Constitution, which abolished slavery and declared all persons born in the United States to be citizens of the United States.”
But the National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA), an organization with 26 chapters in the U.S. and which once included Ronald Reagan in its membership, is using that decision to argue that born-in-the-USA Kamala Harris is not a natural-born citizen. The resolution is undated. But we know it was drawn up during the 2024 presidential campaign because it also cites Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy as disqualified.
The Dred Scott decision, which ruled that enslaved people were not U.S. citizens, is often cited as the worst Supreme Court decision ever, the National Archives states on its website. Also, it was “overturned by the 13th and 14th amendments to the Constitution, which abolished slavery and declared all persons born in the United States to be citizens of the United States.”
But the National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA), an organization with 26 chapters in the U.S. and which once included Ronald Reagan in its membership, is using that decision to argue that born-in-the-USA Kamala Harris is not a natural-born citizen. The resolution is undated. But we know it was drawn up during the 2024 presidential campaign because it also cites Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy as disqualified.
AlterNet has more on the resolution, which was posted to Bluesky by attorney Andrew Fleischman:
The NFRA argued that the phrase "natural born citizen" is defined as "a person born on American soil of parents who are both citizens of the United States at the time of the child's birth."
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