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Citizenship. that is not a low bar. that's a very high bar. >> i want to play what george washington university constitutional law professor jonathan turley had to say about the constitutionality of the law. he was on rachel maddow's show last night. let's play it. >> i think it's manifestly unconstitutional from what i've heard. i mean, among other things it contradicts what the supreme court said in cases like afrian versus rusk in 1967. the supreme court has said quite clearly the 14th amendment was put into place to make citizenship permanent. the reason they put in the language in the 14t...

Court said in 1967, the supreme court has said clearly the 14th amendment was put into place to make citizenship permanent. the reason they put in the language in the 14th amendment, they didn't want congress to be able to strip freed slaves of their citizenship. so the whole thrust of the amendment, this is what the supreme court talked about in that decision, is to make it permanent. the only way you can strip it is if you can show that someone acted in a way that shows their intent to renounce or give up their citizenship. so it's a very, very high standard. now, we do have a provision, the...

Heard. i mean, among other things it contradicts what the supreme court said in 1967, the supreme court has said clearly the 14th amendment was put into place to make citizenship permanent. the reason they put in the language in the 14th amendment, they didn't want congress to be able to strip freed slaves of their citizenship. so the whole thrust of the amendment, this is what the supreme court talked about in that decision, is to make it permanent. the only way you can strip it is if you can show that someone acted in a way that shows their intent to renounce or give up their citizenship. so...