1) Nothing in this Constitution shall prevent the penalty of death, in punishment for the crimes of murder, treason, terrorism, espionage or Crimes of War, from being exacted after due process of law, nor is any method of execution that is not intentionally painful prohibited.
2) No treaty or other obligation of the United States, or part thereof, regulating the conduct of war, is binding on the United States with respect to any adversary who does not generally observe the same provisions.
3) No treaty or other obligation of the United States may abridge any right secured to Citizens of the United States by this Constitution.
4) No person not a Citizen of the United States may vote in any election held under authority of this Constitution or those of the several States.
5) A person born in the United States is a Citizen if and only if the mother is legally resident at time of birth.
6) Any Resolution of Amendment to this Constitution, except for changes to Senate suffrage, passed in identical form within the same seven year period by the legislature or people of four fifths of the several States, as provided for by the Constitution of each State, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as part of this Constitution.
Just thought I'd toss those out there....oughtta offend someone....
Update: #2 probably doesn't bother Patterico.
Posted by Kevin Murphy at June 30, 2006 12:01 AMI vote for all six proposed amendments. I'm offended that #6 is not more convoluted. Just soze I'm clear, my mom was born in Mexico, married a natural born American, and became a naturalized citizen. She made sure we were raised as Americans, not as Mexican Americans. Her attitude was, hey, if we wanted to be Mexican first, it would've been over her dead body. When chosen up for a team, you move to that side of the field.
Posted by: alexa kim at July 1, 2006 11:32 PMSix is how it is because I don't want to play "who's the dad." I have some misgivings because not all foreign women married to US men are instantly given residency. But I think that children born somewhere else in that situation are still US citizens, so just don't be here illegally.
This does not mean, however, that I much like the current quota system, as it shuts out nearly everyone from large countries that doesn't have a relative to pull them in. It's hard to enforce a zeroMPH speed limit, if you will. We need border control, citizenship control, but then we have to open the door a bit.
Posted by: Kevin Murphy at July 2, 2006 02:07 AMYou mean #5 is how it is because... right? I agree the mom has to be the person here legally before baby can be called citizen. Of course, some current policies will have to be adjusted to obey the amendment. As of right now, I'd be perfectly fine with swearing in every single applicant for citizenship who has been online for over a year or more, doesn't have a criminal record and doesn't have untreated TB or hepatitis.
Posted by: alexa kim at July 4, 2006 03:33 AM