Sunny Hostin: Trump’s Plan to Repeal Birthright Citizenship ‘Hearkens Back’ to Dred Scott Decision

‘When he says, make America great again, is this what he is talking about?’

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GOLDBERG: "You’re a lawyer. Let me ask you. Does he legally have the power to erase the Constitution by executive order?"
HOSTIN: "No. (Laughter) (Applause) No."
GOLDBERG: "No president. No president."
HOSTIN: "No, no president can do that. The Supreme Court may be able to do that, but he cannot. And I think what is so scary to me is just the discussion of trying to repeal the 14th amendment or change the 14th Amendment or change the 14th Amendment, really harkens back to some of the darkest chapters in American history when in 1857, the Dred Scott decision, when black people, free or slaves, the Supreme Court found that they could never be United States citizens. And thankfully in 1868 I believe — yeah. 1868, the Supreme Court corrected itself and said, no, no, no, no. You were born here. You can be a United States citizen, ratifying the 14th Amendment. And so I’m just — when he says, make America great again, is this what he is talking about? Are we harkening back to 1857?"

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